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social mobility
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social mobility,
the process of moving upward or downward in the social hierarchy.


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Women use standard language more than men, in part because it is seen as a type of symbolic currency used to acquire upward mobility, the preponderance of research has shown.
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Successive victories against cannon-fodder Manchester and Cinderford have offset Nuneaton's opening-day reverse against high-flying Wharfedale and positioned them bang in the middle of the National One table, so tomorrow's clash should provide telling evidence of their upward mobility.
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