social pyramid

Example Sentences

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"I realised the glamour of Hong Kong is just for the people at the top of the social pyramid - the wealth gap is too wide," said Liao.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2022

A town with a social pyramid so impossibly steep that 80 percent of its citizens had no chance of scaling its sides.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Being Dalit women in India, they are at the bottom of India's social pyramid, and they have essentially inverted it.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2021

There are cool kids and followers, but hilarity ensues when a new arrival topples the social pyramid.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2018

Hali Hartling, for instance—who kicked hard, lived large, and was always at the top of the social pyramid.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman