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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
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Conforming to the more rigid traditions such as locking up women is a privilege only the upwardly mobile can afford.
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He should be an achiever and upwardly mobile in his job.
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Perhaps the upwardly mobile middle classes in 1990s Detroit are now surrounding themselves with postmodern houses and artefacts!
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The congregation was mostly young, unmarried, well-educated and upwardly mobile .
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The Kotalawalas and the in Rayigam Korale, were both upwardly mobile Goyigama families with much local influence.
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The Praga became a favoured haunt for upwardly mobile apparatchiks, visiting VIPs and wedding parties.
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We had moved to an upwardly mobile suburb of Chicago.