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class

informal
1. noun Elegance or sophistication, as of style, taste, manner, etc. She's an incredible actress on stage, and she has such inimitable class in the public eye. A: "Ooh, the fine china tonight!" B: "These are important guests, so we need to look like we have some class." That girl has no class at all if she got drunk at the gala.
2. adjective Of high quality or rank; excellent. Used prepositively. Tom has always been a class act, so professional and well mannered. When I was growing up, this neighborhood was a class area. Can't say the same for it now—look at all the dilapidated buildings and boarded-up businesses With her tireless work for charities and activist groups, the team's captain is a true class act both on the field and off.
3. adjective Excellent; remarkable or outstanding. Used postpositively. Primarily heard in Ireland. A: "Check out my new bike, Liam." B: "Wow, that's class!" A: "I heard we're heading to Tayto Park for the school trip." B: "Ah, class!" You got us backstage passes? Dad, that's so class!
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class

1. n. high style; elegance. The dame’s got class, but no brains.
2. mod. first-rate; high-class. This was a class suburb just a few years ago.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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I also remember taking a class as a member of Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City and feeling inadequate because of my limited physical range.
Four different research methods were employed: class observations, faculty interviews, review of student course evaluation forms, and analysis of online database transcripts.
The advocates say the results are greater costs--not only for the remedial classes but also for the reduced earnings of remedial students, who are more likely to drop out of college without a degree.
Likewise, a chapter on the Manual Labor Schools tells fascinating stories of Lafayette and Oberlin Colleges in the 1830s and 1840s, noting how the "the conservative strain of the movement" celebrated the healthful effects of manual life (but not hand work?!) to "give expression to a harmonious vision of class."[89]
Students signed up for one or more excerpts from the texts which they would summarize and present to the class on Tuesdays.
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Turn on the TV and the fitness channel has a variety of yoga classes and styles to choose from.
Students were instructed to fill out the form at the end of each class and place it in a box that was located by the door as they exited.
In class actions, the IRS and the circuit courts have taken different approaches on the proper tax treatment of fee awards in "opt-in" and "opt out" class action lawsuits.
Recruitment announcements instructed interested potential participants to call to reserve a place in an Orientation Class. Eight sections of the Orientation Class were held at a centrally located, state-of-the-art community center.
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In this article, the authors explore the complex interaction among race, culture, and social class, its impact on middle-class African American adolescents, and culturally responsive counseling.
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