upper class

Example Sentences

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“Poor people are as bad off as in the special period, but a segment of middle and upper class have access to dollars and are not in such bad shape, which causes real social tension.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

“The rich and the upper class will always find a way. They will hire their own security,” the North Hollywood resident said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

In many ways I feel more at home with those folks than I do with the white upper class and other elites who I often travel among personally and professionally.

From Salon • May 23, 2024

Rather than depicting an urban milieu populated by hustlers and pushers, the films that arrived during the newer decade captured an emerging, well-educated Black middle and upper class occupying high rises and boardrooms.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Overall, 1 percent described themselves as upper class, 15 percent as upper middle class, 42 percent as middle, 35 percent as working, and 7 percent as lower.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times