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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

Labour unions were central to the Communist Party's proletariat beginnings but play only a marginal role in modern authoritarian China.

From Reuters Jun. 14, 2023

And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the Party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

From proletariats in their own persons they have become men of substance and property.

From About Ireland by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)

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

From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis

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

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

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




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