middle-income
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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"Otherwise we are... going to be trapped in the middle-income countries" group.
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
In the Kansas City region, middle-income households were described as “squeezing more life out of every dollar before deciding to spend it.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Any hope that higher priced imports will force middle-income Americans into high-priced products is farfetched.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The surging costs are eating an outsize share of low- and middle-income consumers’ paychecks, darkening their outlook relative to the well-off.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
So if Brittany is number five on the low-income list and number eighteen on the middle-income list, you can be assured that Brittany is a decidedly low-end name.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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