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

Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

There are more than 11 million first-generation immigrants in California from all backgrounds and walks of life, from the working and middle classes to the highest echelons of society.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2024

His operas would rip to shreds the comfortable and suffocating morality of the middle classes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall