upper class

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It also found that consumers who identified as upper class are nearly twice as satisfied with resolution outcomes compared with those in the middle, working, and lower classes.

From The Wall Street Journal

One major caveat to the study: Nearly all the bones and teeth came from ornamental tombs that were located near grand mosques, sites where only the upper class would have been laid to rest.

From New York Times

As Pip grows up and seeks his fortune in London, he receives many lessons about the nature of the upper classes and the ways their snobbery is frequently at odds with the definition of nobility.

From Salon

There was — and in many places, still is — a preference for the subtle flavors of French food among the upper classes.

From Washington Post

Closer to the Latin root “popularis,” meaning “of the people,” Mexico’s “popular” can describe the music, food and neighborhoods — like Alcalde Barranquitas — that the aspirational middle and upper classes typically shun.

From New York Times