elite

Example Sentences

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After years of learning and building UCLA’s women’s basketball program, Cori Close is ready to prove she belongs among the elite coaches in the sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

There were three home runs, diving catches, two elite starting pitchers competing at a high level and both teams refusing to let the other separate itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The commissioned portraits of Parsi elite "reflect the patronage networks and social aspirations of the community" which formed the mercantile fabric of the city in the early 20th century.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Gladiatorial culture developed with the rise of what were known as games, or those events put on by elite Romans for plebeians and others socially beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

And when I looked into it a little more, I realized that most of the girls in the elite gymnastics world were already being home-schooled.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles