upper class
Example Sentences
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“Poor people are as bad off as in the special period, but a segment of middle and upper class have access to dollars and are not in such bad shape, which causes real social tension.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
And Cooper's social circle now included some very upper class people indeed.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
“The rich and the upper class will always find a way. They will hire their own security,” the North Hollywood resident said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
In many ways I feel more at home with those folks than I do with the white upper class and other elites who I often travel among personally and professionally.
From Salon • May 23, 2024
Slavery had been outlawed in Britain in 1807, but it still caused contention among some of the British upper class.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
