Synonyms

upwardly mobile

British

adjective

(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

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“It’s in the heart of West Adams, one of the most significant neighborhoods in the trajectory of Black people in Los Angeles. As a destination for upwardly mobile entertainers, professionals and business and community leaders, the area was the site upon which the battle for the removal of restrictive covenants was fought and won.”

From Los Angeles Times

The site’s imagery—replete with barrel curls, pink cowboy boots and milkmaid dresses—sketches an ideal of a modern conservative woman: a churchgoing, city-dwelling young mother who is employed and upwardly mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taking it would be the greatest validation yet of an upwardly mobile team.

From BBC

This is an upwardly mobile England side who are too excited about the future to chew for long over the past.

From BBC

“But I still do think of this card as being worthwhile for the upwardly mobile, young professional renter. It actually is one of the most lucrative transferable-points cards on the market.”

From MarketWatch

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