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upper crust

ADJECTIVE
noble
Synonyms
WEAK
aristocratic blue-blooded elite gentle highborn highbred imperial kingly patrician queenly thoroughbred titled upper-class wellborn
NOUN
society
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aristocracy blue blood jet set upper class
WEAK
beau monde beautiful people country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society main line nobility patriciate polite society quality smart set top drawer who's who

Example Sentences

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The pull of college football’s traditional upper crust is so powerful that earlier this season, Lane Kiffin left a playoff-bound team at Ole Miss to become the head coach at LSU.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

His debut novel, “The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco,” a contemporary mystery set amid the Mexican upper crust in the picturesque town of San Miguel de Allende, is out Thursday via Amazon Crossing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

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

Having acquired a reliable fence and ingratiated himself in the upper crust of society.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

I’ve heard enough from Baltimore’s upper crust, and I aim to find my own answers.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland