downward mobility
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"There's not only no upward mobility to start with, but even downward mobility ends with death."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Opting out is an increasingly popular way for younger workers to cope with a time of downward mobility, said Beverly Yuen Thompson, a sociology professor at Siena College in Albany, New York.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Instead, they have suffered the grind of a country grappling with impossible debts and downward mobility.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
Each of the essays is about some form of downward mobility, emotional or financial.
From Salon ● May 6, 2022
The saddest scenes, though, are the ubiquitous jumbled piles of household goods, telling mute tales of sudden downward mobility and flight that have cut across all classes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2021
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