middle classes

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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

Tales of withering love leading to betrayal among the upper middle classes are almost as common as murder mysteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Decades of this have disillusioned the working and middle classes into expecting nothing can or will change, that it’s every man, woman and child for themselves.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

The 1960s middle classes could not afford haute couture, but yearned for a stylish, distinctive look of their own.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

The once tight connection between race and class has weakened, too, as many African-Americans have moved into the middle and upper middle classes.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times