social mobility
Example Sentences
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It has knock-on effects that can distort the economy, politics and social mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
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
The study also raises difficult questions about social mobility and public policy.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
The original exemplar of American social mobility was almost certainly Benjamin Franklin, one of seventeen children of a candle maker.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
