upper crust
Example Sentences
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The revelations have shocked L.A.’s upper crust, and even some of the couple’s closest friends, many of whom assumed that Gary had almost unlimited financial resources.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
His debut novel, “The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco,” a contemporary mystery set amid the Mexican upper crust in the picturesque town of San Miguel de Allende, is out Thursday via Amazon Crossing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
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
Having acquired a reliable fence and ingratiated himself in the upper crust of society.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023
The cruise industry, once associated with the upper crust, is another.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
