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proletariat

[proh-li-tair-ee-uht] / ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ət /


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Even as employers complain about a dearth of qualified workers, a growing college-educated proletariat can’t find jobs they want to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Perhaps I had joined the ranks of the global internet proletariat, hammering clicks on the abstracted factory floor of the future?

From Slate Aug. 4, 2025

Ylfa’s sauce enthusiasm addresses class disparity, the suppression of the proletariat, egomania and how food can unite people and tear them apart.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2025

Labour unions were central to the Communist Party's proletariat beginnings but play only a marginal role in modern authoritarian China.

From Reuters Jun. 14, 2023

All of them are officials of the church....Now go there and preach a red hot sermon about the proletariat.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Once in power, Marius reformed the entrance requirements for the army to open it to proletariats, extending them the opportunity for war gains and even land for their service.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Not proletariats, petitioners, president's, noses, bits of fluff.

From Touch and Go by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Not lords nor proletariats nor bishops nor husbands nor co-respondents nor virgins nor adultresses nor uncles nor noses.

From Touch and Go by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Always was; but, since he’s joined the proletariats in America, he’s stark, staring mad.

From The Later Life by Louis Couperus

Snouck Hugronje plays you forget all about self-determination, syndicalism, guild-control, proletariats, sunspots and even Mr. SMILLIE.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919 by Various




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