upper crust
Example Sentences
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Thucydides was a political analyst from Athens’s upper crust, an insider breaking down the Greeks’ drama in search of the “truest cause” of events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“It’s really when you get to that upper crust that you start seeing, like, different kinds of motives and motivations,” he said.
From Slate • May 11, 2024
The melts were buoyant and ascended back to the upper crust, trapping the heat-producing elements there in rocks like granite and allowing the lower crust to cool and harden.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
Sometimes, though, they can be seen as elite or upper crust — and not particularly accessible.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023
The cruise industry, once associated with the upper crust, is another.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
