social position
Example Sentences
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If Syracuse is willing to concede some prestige and selectivity, “they have more degrees of freedom, but they also lose that social position that they spent a long time trying to achieve.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
But social position was a period, not a question mark.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
Unlike the elected lower house legislators, the senators will be chosen by their fellow applicants, competing in 20 categories such as occupation or social position, including women, the elderly and the disabled.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
The social position within the colony is determined by very slight differences in size.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
I was taught never to take advantage of anybody who was less fortunate than myself, whether he be less fortunate in brains, wealth, or social position; it meant anybody, not just Negroes.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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