socially mobile
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The Sutton Trust says attending a selective university, like a Russell Group university, gives young people the "best chance of being socially mobile".
From BBC • May 3, 2024
Some reestablished themselves outside of the inner city, following their original White clients as they became more socially mobile.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022
On one end of the spectrum, Kwong identified the Western-educated, socially mobile, code-switching “uptown Chinese”; on the other end were the non-English-speaking, blue-collar “downtown Chinese.”
From The New Yorker • May 3, 2017
He is also one of the most socially mobile black men in Selma.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015
Half a century ago, in the film adaptation of Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar, a new generation of socially mobile northerners were urged to get on the train to London and make something of their lives.
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013
