middle classes

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of middle class.
  middle class

  noun

  the social, economic, and cultural class of people thought of as having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like.

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middle classes

Expanding middle classes and urbanization are creating attractive growth opportunities, prompting investors to seek a share of the region’s most promising hospital and specialty-care assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

The 1960s middle classes could not afford haute couture, but yearned for a stylish, distinctive look of their own.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

His operas would rip to shreds the comfortable and suffocating morality of the middle classes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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