- plural of middle class.
middle classes
Example Sentences
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Pineapples—which were once so rare and expensive that they became the 17th century’s equivalent of the Birkin—fell out of fashion as soon as rising supply meant the middle classes could afford them too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
Many of the country's middle classes have invested their savings in buying the family home, only to watch their house prices slump in the last four years.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
