as in downscale
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Recent Examples of déclassé
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for déclassé
Adjective
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Another down-market strategy is tax-loss harvesting.—
Letitia Berbaum,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Its impact on the modern environment is made plain when the geologist protagonist must flee terrible wildfires there.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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My mom rocked her plain white canvas sneakers through her four years at Michigan State University (that's her in the picture on the day the Olympic torch was run through the MSU campus in 1984).—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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The Rue Jacob is decorated in ugly bourgeois tones of: beige and brown, nineteenth-century paintings, Louis-Philippe furniture.—
Constance Debré,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Some transplants want to live in Nice’s Old Town in historic bourgeois buildings — a more expensive location for apartments that can be pricey to maintain.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Today’s steakhouses can trace their roots to 17th-century English chophouses that catered to working-class men.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
14 June 2025
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His pride in his craft was not simply a working-class man identifying with his trade; it was rooted in the shrewdness of his own youthful decision-making.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Déclassé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9class%C3%A9. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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