upward mobility
noun
: the capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic position
upwardly mobile adjective
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The club’s owners shruggingly crush employees’ dreams of upward mobility. —
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Latinos face lower pay and a wage ceiling Latino workers remained overrepresented in sectors with lower wages, fewer protections and limited upward mobility. —Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Martin has an upward mobility clause in his minor-league deal, meaning another team could choose to put him on their big-league team. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 When expectation and reality part ways for a cohort that’s been raised on the assumption of upward mobility—when elites start to sink, and reform is blocked—the political waters get very rough, often leading to social disintegration and unrest. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for upward mobility
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Latinos face lower pay and a wage ceiling Latino workers remained overrepresented in sectors with lower wages, fewer protections and limited upward mobility. —Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Martin has an upward mobility clause in his minor-league deal, meaning another team could choose to put him on their big-league team. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 When expectation and reality part ways for a cohort that’s been raised on the assumption of upward mobility—when elites start to sink, and reform is blocked—the political waters get very rough, often leading to social disintegration and unrest. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for upward mobility
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“Upward mobility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/upward%20mobility. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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