social register

Example Sentences

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Not many Americans are both listed in the Social Register and employed as a busboy by age 9.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The Trumps will also get a place in the Washington Social Register, also known as The Green Book.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2016

And for the wealthy, immersion in arts and culture, as well as inclusion in the Social Register, allowed them to socialize exclusively with those they felt were of the same social status.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

“He just couldn’t resist a girl with a little bit of Social Register in her background,” she writes.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2012

They are very good at creating a self-enclosed world where the criterion for admission is not the Social Register, but money.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times