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Recent Examples of nouveau riche
In season three, with the support of Harry Richardson’s nouveau riche scion Larry Russell, Jack sells his invention for $600,000, or somewhere near $9.5 million in today’s dollars.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Arguably the series’ silent star, the jewelry reflects the intense competition among New York’s nouveau riche to outshine one another.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Arguably the series’ silent star, the jewelry reflects the intense competition among New York’s nouveau riche to outshine one another.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nouveau riche
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In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.—
Kevin Mahnken,
The New Republic,
1 Sep. 2020
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Raveendran, at least on paper, assumes his place among those parvenus thanks to his effort in internet education.—
Saritha Rai,
Fortune,
29 July 2019
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As far as Atlanta rap upstarts go, Sk8star has all the goods, and his new tape Designer Junkie synthesizes them into one of the smoother leaps into the big leagues.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are a number of firms getting in on the action, including big familiar names and plucky upstarts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sagittarius Compatibility As the free-spirited adventurer of the zodiac, Sagittarius is notoriously difficult to pin down.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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The backstory Roughly 75 years ago, Don Sheldon, an adventurer in the truest sense of the word, claimed a five-acre plot on the mountain under the Homestead Act just before Alaska achieved statehood.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Nouveau riche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveau%20riche. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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