upper crust
Example Sentences
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Plainly that’s not coming from average Americans, but from the upper crust.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Thucydides was a political analyst from Athens’s upper crust, an insider breaking down the Greeks’ drama in search of the “truest cause” of events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“It’s really when you get to that upper crust that you start seeing, like, different kinds of motives and motivations,” he said.
From Slate • May 11, 2024
The melts were buoyant and ascended back to the upper crust, trapping the heat-producing elements there in rocks like granite and allowing the lower crust to cool and harden.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
The cruise industry, once associated with the upper crust, is another.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
