upwardly mobile
Example Sentences
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“It’s in the heart of West Adams, one of the most significant neighborhoods in the trajectory of Black people in Los Angeles. As a destination for upwardly mobile entertainers, professionals and business and community leaders, the area was the site upon which the battle for the removal of restrictive covenants was fought and won.”
From Los Angeles Times
The site’s imagery—replete with barrel curls, pink cowboy boots and milkmaid dresses—sketches an ideal of a modern conservative woman: a churchgoing, city-dwelling young mother who is employed and upwardly mobile.
Taking it would be the greatest validation yet of an upwardly mobile team.
From BBC
This is an upwardly mobile England side who are too excited about the future to chew for long over the past.
From BBC
“But I still do think of this card as being worthwhile for the upwardly mobile, young professional renter. It actually is one of the most lucrative transferable-points cards on the market.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
