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noun

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Recent Examples of upper-crust
Adjective
Players are required to wear all white—not cream, not off-white—giving the event its unmistakably upper-crust look and feel. Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Her family was an inspiration behind the family of The Gilded Age’s upper-crust Black lead, Peggy Scott. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
The two clubs have joined the sport’s upper crust in recent years, thanks to an infusion of spending. Andy McCullough, New York Times, 21 May 2025 Nick hit the society pages young, photographed at children’s parties by Tatler, the glossy chronicle of Britain’s upper crust. Ben Widdicombe, Vulture, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for upper-crust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper-crust
Adjective
  • As Mary’s family attempts to rally around the Downton heiress, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) are navigating their way through more financial strife, with those downstairs also left to ponder what the future holds for aristocratic homes like theirs.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond that, people found the Mitfords’ very, very aristocratic accent extremely annoying.
    Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The first-time All-Star would have career bests in ERA, WHIP (0.97) and ERA+ (131) if the season ended today.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Two editors selected it as the overall best.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So there's a nobility in that, but also an ickiness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rise of the bias cut was a silhouette on which Robbins wanted to focus, imbuing the fluid style with elements of luxury and glamour intrinsic to the aristocracy.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Many members of Putin’s aristocracy continue to hold out hope that after the end of hostilities, everything will become, if not different, then at least milder.
    ANDREI KOLESNIKOV, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • International schools in Kenya have long been considered a preserve of the upper classes, but this is changing fast.
    Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the late 1800s and early 1900s, white clothing was associated with upper class leisure.
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Jared Allen, an elite pass rusher in his day, spoke out and seemed to hint that McCarthy is better than Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Next door to the station is a small residential compound that has been patrolled by Qatar’s elite Amiri Guard 24 hours a day since the beginning of the Gaza conflict.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Representative-elect James Walkinshaw speaks to reporters in Fairfax, Virginia on September 5, 2025.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These Democrats headed for Omaha after Mayoral-elect John Ewing (D-NE) beat Jean Stothert, the longest serving incumbent mayor in the country.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Upper-crust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper-crust. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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