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

Stocks exposed to aging populations, such as healthcare companies focused on research and development and those connected to rising middle classes in emerging economies are also on the list.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Not so long ago, it was seen as a land of opportunity for western carmakers, where the rapidly expanding middle classes seemed to have an inexhaustible appetite for upmarket foreign-badged vehicles.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Pineapples—which were once so rare and expensive that they became the 17th century’s equivalent of the Birkin—fell out of fashion as soon as rising supply meant the middle classes could afford them too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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