working classes
Example Sentences
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May Day, which celebrates workers and the working classes, sees a major police deployment in Turkey every year, with a large area in the heart of Istanbul around Taksim Square sealed off.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Of these culturally Muslim, rural working classes often credited with wanting a theocracy, my mother says “they just wanted someone to give them their rights. The only thing that united them was basic human needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The ten pound Pom scheme targeted families and single women because of Australia's demand for labour and a bigger population, with the skilled working classes mainly taking up the offer.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
So there was this pressure brought both internally. from the disaffected working classes, and externally.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023
The motive was philanthropic and the object was to improve the condition of the working classes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
