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[klas, klahs] / klæs, klɑs /








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The best private funds are an access class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The medications at the center of the findings belong to a class called Janus kinase inhibitors, or JAKs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Banyas are the great equalizers. You can’t tell between upper class, middle class or lower class. Everyone’s naked or wearing togas,” she explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jackson eventually convinced his school administrators to let him lead a separate class on financial literacy and college preparedness, which he teaches today to high-school seniors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

“La, you’re missing a class assignment in Algebra.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

None of these special share classes have economic rights, meaning a claim on the company’s underlying value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

These stand-alone classes increase graduates’ credit scores by 2 points, the report found, and graduates are about 4% less likely to have a subprime credit score.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Police identified the gunman as Griffin J John II - a former pupil who had attended special education classes at the school.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

After working for many years in India's luxury hotels, chef Shikha Gupta, who teaches bakery and pastry-making at Vatel, is pleased to see her classes have "as many men as women."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“You’ll probably have a few classes with Ingrid,” Mrs. Archer was telling them.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

By Monday, there had been 15 consecutive days classed as "unhealthy" based on the local PSI air quality measuring system, exceeding the eight measured in 2015, NEA deputy director Jason Evan Tan told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Maybe Fuller, the guy who classed up “Hannibal,” could have done something brilliant with Pamela.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Customers who get PIP and are classed as having limited mobility can lease a car for no cash upfront—they simply forgo about £320 a month of “enhanced mobility” allowance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

One in seven properties in Wales is classed as being at risk of flooding, but NRW said just 27% of those eligible to receive flood warnings to their phone or email were currently signed up.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The forgiveness, rather, of those many persons whose absence from higher education permitted me to be classed a minority student.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The locations, especially as photographed here by cinematographer Leo Zhang, make for a crafty way of classing up a low-budget feature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Anthony Hopkins, classing up the joint, plays Emperor Vespasian, who is preparing to die and is considering which of his two sons will succeed him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Defence barrister David Emanuel QC said classing the deceit as rape was "taking it too far".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2020

Even though they're a sturdy, workman's shoe, they have a knack for quickly classing up any golf outfit, pairing just as well with casual shorts as they do with high-end trousers.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 12, 2017

The presentations, predominantly visual, that constitute the principal content of most dreams, are generally described as hallucinatory, but the propriety of so classing them is very questionable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various


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