How to Use socioeconomic in a Sentence

socioeconomic

adjective
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  • Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.
  • The school has tried to focus on special preference for socioeconomic status but that has not proven a perfect proxy for race.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2023
  • But the uptake of testing and shift in social norms has been polarized along socioeconomic lines.
    — Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The reasons are layered and complex, as the lack of healthcare access, brought on by socioeconomic status, is a factor.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Many concluded that damages were far off in time and that socioeconomic systems would have time to adjust.
    — David Schimel, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile results about who loses the most learning, whether by race or socioeconomic status or grade level, are all over the place.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 July 2023
  • A lot of these athletes come from poor socioeconomic backgrounds.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • The lead-up to some other World Cups, and to some Olympic Games, have also seen heavy media coverage of human rights, socioeconomic, and climate issues.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
  • This allowed the group to appeal to a broad swath of Americans and to unite constituents across socioeconomic, ideological, and racial groups.
    — Dana Suskind, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The caste system is a tiered socioeconomic system that consigns people to a particular group, or caste.
    — Myriam Renaud, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
  • Others who forgo alcohol may not be able to afford it, and lower socioeconomic status comes with a host of health challenges.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2023
  • The lottery tends to be more appealing to people of lower socioeconomic status, Volberg said, partly because the payouts are so high.
    — Brian Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Asked about the turtles specifically, a spokesperson emailed that the agency is aware of the project’s living, non-living and socioeconomic implications.
    — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That was, more than any class or socioeconomic status, generational for me.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The causes appear to be many, from low socioeconomic status and biomechanical strain to poor diet and psychosocial stress.
    — Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Metz said the research did find that socioeconomic factors affected long Covid numbers.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Twenty years later, the socioeconomic perches and social dynamics of these women would seem to be intact.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That’s only one of the notable instances where the documentary fails to incisively engage with the socioeconomic issues at play.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Lorraine has built a fortune collecting debt from poor people, and has nothing but contempt for anyone below her rung on the socioeconomic ladder.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Improving access across racial and socioeconomic lines was a logical next step for a gym that prides itself on being accepting of all athletes.
    — Julian E.j. Sorapuru, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Now, even Gen Zers from a lower socioeconomic upbringing are shunning on-the-job training in favor of going to university.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The Lebanese socioeconomic and political condition in which the group operates is dire.
    — Hussein Ibish, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Experts don’t know why this is happening, but say socioeconomic factors and exposure to pollution could be playing a role.
    — Amanda Morris, Lindsey Bever and Sabrina Malhi, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • People with a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to get cancer than those better off, for another.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Men's Health, 18 May 2023
  • People of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds have benefited from Natasha's coaching, showing that everyone can change their narrative and bring their dreams to life.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines have long persisted in health care.
    — Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 9 Dec. 2022
  • To avoid being sidelined, the United States will have to recognize that socioeconomic and governance problems within states, and not great-power encroachment, are likely to be the Middle East’s defining threats over the next decade.
    — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
  • Moore said his life is an illustration of how higher education can lift one to better socioeconomic status and benefit the world.
    — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Although the neighborhood has and continues to experience socioeconomic hardships, its residents find a way to heal and build back, Timmons said.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • The socioeconomic and political implications of such a claim are not suited for a platform like Real Housewives.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024

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