upper-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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First, these late talkers were all children with average or better nonverbal abilities, good receptive language, normal social-personality development, and middle- toupper-middle-classfamilybackgrounds.
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Growing up in anupper-middle-classfamily, he attended private schools from elementary to college.
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Few middle-class orupper-middle-classfamilymembers are engaged in rice related business.
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He was brought-up in a landedupper-middle-classfamilyof three brothers and two sisters.
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The reporter thought he revealed that she grew up in anupper-middle-classfamilyand attended private school.
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Hisupper-middle-classfamilywas involved in the local banking and textile industries.
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He came from anupper-middle-classfamily; his father was a neighborhood shopkeeper and owned a small fleet of taxis.
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Hisupper-middle-classfamilypushed him to pursue a career in the military.
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One goes on to live in anupper-middle-classfamilywhile the other to a poor family.
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Hervieu was born into a wealthyupper-middle-classfamily.
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Titus is the teenage son of anupper-middle-classfamily.
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She comes from anupper-middle-classfamily.
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Although raised respectableupper-middle-classfamily, he became known as a high stakes gambler and was eventually cut off by his family before the age of 21.
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For example, upper-middle-class families, particularly those living in large cities, began to favour the gasoline car, once a comfortable starter motor had been developed.
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