nouveau riche
Example Sentences
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The movie kicks off as a casual portrait of the vacant nouveau riche lifestyles of the mini-oligarchs: fancy dinners, divorces, bathroom gossip.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
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
“And we weren’t like those Wall Street buffoons,” she continues, “the nouveau riche ones you can see coming a mile away by the supernatural glow of their teeth veneers.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2022
“I did wish it was closer to the sea, so we could have a better view. But I changed Daddy’s décor and it’s not too nouveau riche, I pray?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
