mid·dle-class
ˌmi-dᵊl-ˈklas 
: of or relating to the middle class
especially
: characterized by a high material standard of living, sexual morality, and respect for property
: a class occupying a position between the upper class and the lower class
especially
: a fluid heterogeneous socioeconomic grouping composed principally of business and professional people, bureaucrats, and some farmers and skilled workers sharing common social characteristics and values
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Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
According to Suozzi, the Share Holder Allocation for Rewards to Employees (SHARE) Plan Act, when fully implemented, could result in nearly $4 trillion in stock value being transferred to almost 40 million middle-class Americans.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 25 July 2025
Averi Harper, ABC News, 21 July 2025
But most are middle class, and about a third of the charts in his office’s filing cabinets are blue, indicating Medicaid.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Adjective
Urban and middle-class Dominicans looked down on bachata as the music played in brothels and favored by poor, rural people who started to migrate to urban areas in large numbers in the 1960s.
—Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
According to Suozzi, the Share Holder Allocation for Rewards to Employees (SHARE) Plan Act, when fully implemented, could result in nearly $4 trillion in stock value being transferred to almost 40 million middle-class Americans.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 25 July 2025
Noun
Can the party craft an economic message that speaks to the anxieties of the working and middle class?
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 21 July 2025
But most are middle class, and about a third of the charts in his office’s filing cabinets are blue, indicating Medicaid.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle-class. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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