lower classes
- plural of lower class.
Example Sentences
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Chatter around the growing spending gap between the upper, middle and lower classes says we’re in an E-shaped economy — see where you fit in.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
“The upper and lower classes don’t mix anymore, per your article, because the lower classes can’t afford to.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
The skyrocketing prices have been particularly hard on India's middle and lower classes, who make up the bulk of the population.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
At the same time, dynamics between the Sasanian nobility and the lower classes had already begun changing.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed that tea had “become an economical substitute to the middle and lower classes of society for malt liquor,” which they could no longer afford.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
