upwardly mobile

British  

adjective

1. (of a person or social group) moving or aspiring to move to a higher social class or to a position of increased status or power

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Example Sentences

The U.S., once the premier country of upward social mobility as well as geographic mobility, is now less upwardly mobile than many other developed countries.

From Salon

He would be joining a seemingly upwardly mobile club - having ended their 56-year trophy drought by winning the Carabao Cup.

From BBC

I can still hear the sisters in “Everett Beekin,” one of those Greenberg’s works I wanted so badly to like more than I did, talking competitively about their upwardly mobile dreams in their mother’s Lower East Side tenement.

From Los Angeles Times

Downey has long been a landing spot for upwardly mobile Latinos, who make up 75% of the population.

From Los Angeles Times

The stadium public address system throbbed to Sash's 90s dance monster Encore En Fois after the final whistle and it was easy to imagine that, with their upwardly mobile set of stars, Bordeaux will indeed be repeat winners in the next few years.

From BBC