lower-middle-class family

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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition offamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Data for thelower-middle-classfamilybudgets are from two magazine articles.
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Being from alower-middle-classfamilyhe will not have enough money to pay for college next semester without his scholarship.
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Her family were a typicallower-middle-classfamilyof the time.
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He used to go for providing tuition as he was an unemployed and belonged fromlower-middle-classfamily.
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The story was based on the trials and tribulations of alower-middle-classfamily.
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For those just above the threshold who will not get bursaries—those from hard-working working-class and lower-middle-class families—how on earth will their choices not be distorted by top-up fees?
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There are references to lower-middle-class families covering up their pine tables rather than show that they couldn't afford mahogany.
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They follow the matriculation curriculum for ease of teaching and because it would be easier to follow for students hailing from middle- and lower-middle-class families.
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There are about 95 staff members employed, and more than a thousand students from lower-middle-class families are studying there.
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The municipalities that are served range from having lower-middle-class families to highly affluent families.
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