middle-income
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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And this budget hasn’t yet accounted for federal, state and other taxes, which for middle-income households added up to about 26% of gross income in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
With dementia becoming more common around the world, the results point to the potential value of practical, affordable, and adaptable lifestyle programs for reducing risk, including in low- and middle-income countries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yet in 2025, climate finance from multilateral development banks to low- and middle-income countries topped $103 billion—nearly half of all their financing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
That is slightly higher than the average of 10.5 out of 100 across sub-Saharan Africa, but below the 17.6 out of 100 average for lower middle-income countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
This new breed of brokers would often receive advance payment in cash from affluent or middle-income South Korean families seeking the release of a relative.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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