upper crust

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The revelations have shocked L.A.’s upper crust, and even some of the couple’s closest friends, many of whom assumed that Gary had almost unlimited financial resources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 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

Any time the program has a chance to make a statement and join the conference’s upper crust, it shrinks from the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2023

The upper crust vacationed in Europe and worshiped an Episcopal God.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times