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lower class

[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /




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Much smaller shares, in the single digits, placed themselves at the far ends of the class spectrum, as upper class or lower class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

Instead, she and two of her sisters each moved to Mexico City to do one of the few jobs available to them as lower class women: domestic work.

From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024

For people of a lower class, it feels like there is desire to believe a meritocracy does exist.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023

Theo doesn’t look down on Vincent for being with someone from a lower class, having done so himself.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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