upper crust

Example Sentences

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She came from her apartment on the Upper West Side to 33rd Street to see if she could catch a glimpse of Swift entering the stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026

At Target on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a pound of 85/15 ground beef costs $9.29 and a 15-ounce package of eight beef hot dogs sells for $6.79.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

New York 12 is an area of midtown that covers some of the richest parts of the city: Chelsea, the Upper West and Upper East sides, the Met, and the entirety of Central Park.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

He settled on the Upper West Side and began “living a monk’s ascetic life,” Mr. Strausbaugh writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

On our last visit to her Upper West Side apartment, Gram mentioned to Mom and Dad that the house Gram grew up in—one of the oldest on Main Street in Unity Valley—was up for sale.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King