- plural of middle class.
middle classes
Example Sentences
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Their experiences offer an insight into a question confronting emerging economies like the Philippines: what happens when AI begins to automate the jobs that helped lift millions of people into the middle classes?
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Harrington said he thinks Harrison's work showed Burnham that poetry was not something reserved for the middle classes.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
For the working and middle classes, changing economic realities such as stubbornly high mortgage rates have led to a new calculus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
And while Durham had one of the largest black middle classes of any city its size in America, Fuller knew better than to count too heavily on this group for financial support.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
