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upwardly mobile /ˌʌpwədli ˈməʊbʌɪl /adjectiveMoving to a higher social class; acquiring wealth and status.Judging from the polls, they are even starting to attract upwardly mobile Hispanics who regularly attend church....- The film is set in an upwardly mobile neighborhood in suburban Massachusetts.
- Every hurt, angry, upwardly mobile divorcing person is vulnerable to such fantasies.
Derivativesupward mobility noun ...- Building on the living wage model, he can focus municipal subsidies on industries and firms that provide decent pay, benefits and upward mobility.
- Such mothers are unlikely to ‘shape their children's character and ability’ in ways that lead to upward mobility.
- Alm and Cox argue that education is a key to the ‘readily’ available upward mobility in the US.
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