upper crust
Example Sentences
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Thucydides was a political analyst from Athens’s upper crust, an insider breaking down the Greeks’ drama in search of the “truest cause” of events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The melts were buoyant and ascended back to the upper crust, trapping the heat-producing elements there in rocks like granite and allowing the lower crust to cool and harden.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
Having acquired a reliable fence and ingratiated himself in the upper crust of society.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023
Sometimes, though, they can be seen as elite or upper crust — and not particularly accessible.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023
The upper crust vacationed in Europe and worshiped an Episcopal God.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
