nouveau riche

Example Sentences

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It might have been be tacky, but the republic can withstand some nouveau riche architecture on federal property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Thirty years later, India's flourishing tech-driven economy of start-ups and creators has birthed a nouveau riche that's afforded Soho House exactly another such market opportunity.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

In February 2022, Ms. Peterson, an author and art collector, was surrounded by a new clientele: the crypto nouveau riche, who made a temporary home of the art market.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

A TV adaptation of “The Custom of the Country” had been in the works at Sony in 2014, with Scarlett Johansson being eyed to play the nouveau riche Undine.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

I am filled with the gaudy delight, the monstrous grace of the nouveau riche.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez