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social mobility

[soh-shuhl moh-bil-i-tee] / ˈsoʊ ʃəl moʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Since then, its remit has been confined to promoting social mobility in England more broadly and publishing an annual report, alongside advising ministers.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The former social mobility minister said she believed not having the right accent was still too often a barrier to progress, adding: "A regional accent must never be seen as a badge of shame."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"And this desire to move is not just physical mobility," it is also "a kind of drive toward economic mobility and above all social mobility," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Pepys worked in the Navy Office in the City of London during a period of rapid social mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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


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