elite
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Just over half pay the full sticker price, which can be over $100,000 at elite four-year institutions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Handed an elite deal for the first time are prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour, lock Alex Coles, flanker Guy Pepper, scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and centre Seb Atkinson.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The court also sentenced six former military and security officials in absentia to death including Assad's brother Maher, who ran the army's elite Fourth Division and also fled the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
While her aesthetic is rooted in indie-rock and folk, her songwriting’s mix of rawness and precision has drawn admiration from pop’s elite, including artists such as Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
My grandmother not only raised four children but also had a full-time job making clothing for Tehran's elite class.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Its carefully planned streets and advanced brick drainage systems indicate that resources were directed toward shared infrastructure rather than monuments celebrating rulers or religious elites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Despite his national hero status, Aung San is feted mostly by ethnic majority Bamar elites, rather than the ethnic minority groups who have fought against central rule for decades, researcher Morgan Michaels said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
It was a story we Mexicans know too well — we’re talented, just not yet at the level of the elites of the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
It focused on the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and who he called the “Epstein class” of elites in both parties.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
This room was filled with Lkossa’s elites, people dressed in their finest.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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