jet set

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of jet set Dubai has also become a magnet for the millionaire and billionaire jet set. Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 As the preferred winter hideaway for the world’s jet set and glitterati, Gstaad Palace offers guests the ultimate in Alpine-luxury and Swiss hospitality. Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Initially worn by construction workers, Timberlands, as they became known, soon transcended their rugged origins and were embraced, beginning in the late ’70s, by everyone from the Milanese jet set to British ravers. Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 The Concorde, which once whisked the fashionable jet set between London and New York in under three hours, now lies dormant beside runway 27L at London Heathrow. Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jet set
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jet set
upper class
Noun
  • Most English-speakers in India are from the country's country's middle and upper classes.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • Claiming that free trade agreements have spurred upward social mobility, one of his slides asserted that the middle class has shrunk in recent years only because more people had moved into the upper class.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Jet set.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jet%20set. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!