yuppie

Example Sentences

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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

River City is a rental building again, and its raw concrete atrium has been painted white, a concession to the tastes of today’s yuppie renters.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2021

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