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Which poet helped reintroduce the word elite into English through his epic poem Don Juan?

elite

[ih-leet, ay-leet] / ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit /




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Marano Lunderborg and Lizzi Bickford Meadow started the business in 2019 to advise brands on how to reach elite shoppers, especially those who had moved outside major cities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Cybersecurity research firms TRM Labs blamed the theft on TraderTraitor, North Korea’s elite hacking unit, “based on robust on and off-chain intelligence.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

It is easy to forget Fery is still inexperienced at the elite level following his Wimbledon heroics.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are helping the Lakers score at an elite clip, but a loss to Portland on Tuesday exposed the team’s defensive lapses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

She wished success for the young aviators and told them she hoped they’d earn the honorable name of “Guards” for their regiment—a special title awarded to elite military units.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

China's President Xi Jinping opened a key meeting of Communist Party elites in Beijing on Monday, state media said, which observers will be closely watching for clues as to the country's direction and future leadership.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

A tired 74-year-old dictator would have to deal with the challenges of demobilization and delivering the rewards society and fellow elites believe they are entitled to for putting up with his pointless war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Europeans, and especially Western Europe's leadership elites, have succumbed to a decades-long "crisis of disbelief", argues Andrew Michta, a Polish-born American academic who is professor of strategic studies at the Hamilton School, University of Florida.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Almost immediately, black elites recognized the opportunity for the individual and collective advancement of Negroes who could present themselves favorably to whites.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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