the working class
Example Sentences
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Conventional definitions of the working class often miss how people understand their own place in society.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Pate said recent Democratic wins in regional and local elections had given her "hope that the little people -- the working class — maybe are being heard."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
If we don’t tip service employees, it calls into question our respect for the working class and our commitment to decent, well-paid work.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
"They're not the working class now," Bernard added.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
My argument was that it was as undemocratic to specify that the leaders had to be from the working class as to declare that they should be bourgeois intellectuals.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
