yuppie
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When she begins dating the owner of a local pet shop, Iona immediately falls in step with her yuppie new beau.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
She leaned into her academic background, fashioning herself as a yuppie villain, wearing power suits and professing her admiration for Hillary Clinton, according to the WWE.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Mr. Pita, fluent in English and backed by strong support from younger Thais, appears in public as a jovial yuppie brimming with bright ideas, confident that he can overcome the constitutional hurdles in his path.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Like many of that vintage, the hippie eventually turned yuppie.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
The neighborly market I used to cruise for produce now looks forbiddingly like a Manhattan yuppie emporium.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
“The yuppies might like it, but we’re all set on bike lanes,” Mr. Napolitano said.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
“I was not interested in creating co-living spaces for yuppies living in Berlin,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
DiDi, serving as Greek chorus and comic relief, pulls Ms. Noomin directly into the story, saying: “Are you gonna let some cartoon yuppies cry cartoon tears over your lost babies?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
Much as yuppies endlessly relived the 1960s throughout the 1980s and 1990s, millennials and younger Gen X are looking back at their youth and wondering: Why did we ever put up with this?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
“Far as I can tell,” Tee said, “hipsters are basically yuppies with tighter pants and bigger glasses. Whatever they are, they make a mean mochaccino.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
