upward mobility
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Spaeny and Melton were cast as Ashley and Austin, a Gen-Z couple working at a Montecito country club, dreaming and scheming toward upward mobility, a good 18 months before filming began in early 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
There is “a generation of people whose path to upward mobility and sophistication lies in embracing this adversarial culture,” Mr. Salam says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
I am very good at what I do, but there is limited upward mobility for this position.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
The settlement movement’s contribution to successful assimilation and upward mobility merits the attention this book pays.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
They’d started up the ladder of upward mobility.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
