social mobility
Example Sentences
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Increasingly, this debate has spread to the U.K., where traditionally class, not race, has proved the main barrier to social mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
That everyone can improve their life through hard work is a core US belief, despite a fierce debate over whether limitless social mobility is dead, dying -- or never existed at all.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Earlier in the Commons, Sir Keir defended Phillipson and her "incredible story of social mobility and success" after growing up in poverty.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The think tank found the initiatives - including loans for first-time buyers - had a "limited" impact on social mobility and housing affordability.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
In earlier decades, persons newly successful and ambitious for social mobility similarly seized upon certain ‘family words.’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
