working class

Example Sentences

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The Labour government, meanwhile, is promising a new equality and diversity strategy with a primary focus on getting working class people joining and progressing in the civil service.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It also said it would try to ensure that "people from working class and regional backgrounds do not feel they need to alter their behaviour, accents or language to fit in with the civil service".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

With five months to go before the general election, there’s plenty of time for Platner to soothe any misgivings and re-up his promise to fight for the Maine working class.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

That has major ramifications for the American working class.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government.

From "1984" by George Orwell