lower class
Example Sentences
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Much smaller shares, in the single digits, placed themselves at the far ends of the class spectrum, as upper class or lower class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Lavin was the grandchild of Russian immigrants, and in later years she often played variations on the Jewish mother — lower class, middle class, upper class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
"Before then, Americans were typically more likely to self-identify as members of the middle or upper-middle class and less likely to say they belonged to the working or lower class."
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2024
Very few respondents called themselves lower class or upper class—7 percent and 1 percent.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
