middle class
Example Sentences
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While Western tourists had begun to come to Shangri-La decades earlier, the domestic tourist boom began after Covid-19-era lockdowns left China’s growing middle class grappling for a sense of escape and meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
And especially being the head of the Teamsters, a great organization which brought so many people into the middle class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The country's rapidly growing middle class had plenty of money and a seemingly insatiable appetite for cars, including the most profitable upmarket models.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Gen Z-ers grew up in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which exposed the flaws of the debt-centric tool kit that had been offered to the middle class.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
But for his father and others of a generation that could count on a comfortable life without a degree, the fall out of the middle class has come as a shock.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
