ruling class
Example Sentences
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The city had no known palaces where a ruler or ruling class could have controlled these tools of commerce and administration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
And what about the classic English "received pronunciation", long the go-to sound of the British ruling class?
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The novel echoes thinkers like Hannah Arendt in pointing out how true-believing functionaries, the butt of ridicule in “normal” times, can help subsume all reason and decency to usurp a compliant and too-comfortable ruling class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Only later did the ruling class realize the possible error of their loyalty.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2025
A ruling class which could guard against all of them would remain in power permanently.
From "1984" by George Orwell
