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proletariat

[proh-li-tair-ee-uht] / ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ət /


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Even as employers complain about a dearth of qualified workers, a growing college-educated proletariat can’t find jobs they want to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Perhaps I had joined the ranks of the global internet proletariat, hammering clicks on the abstracted factory floor of the future?

From Slate Aug. 4, 2025

Ylfa’s sauce enthusiasm addresses class disparity, the suppression of the proletariat, egomania and how food can unite people and tear them apart.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2025

"The Filipino proletariat and toiling people grieve the death of their teacher and guiding light," the party said in a statement on its website.

From Reuters Dec. 17, 2022

All of them are officials of the church....Now go there and preach a red hot sermon about the proletariat.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Once in power, Marius reformed the entrance requirements for the army to open it to proletariats, extending them the opportunity for war gains and even land for their service.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Not lords nor proletariats nor bishops nor husbands nor co-respondents nor virgins nor adultresses nor uncles nor noses.

From Touch and Go by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

With that, Moscow ceased to inspire the grand international solidarity of proletariats.

From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen

Always was; but, since he’s joined the proletariats in America, he’s stark, staring mad.

From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis

Not proletariats, petitioners, president's, noses, bits of fluff.

From Touch and Go by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)




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