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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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Shirt prices have increased significantly over the past decade, though industry experts argue advances in technology and expensive kit deals with elite clubs have contributed to the rise.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The compensation that elite financial firms are dangling for 10-week summer internships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Josh Allen is elite, but the Bills aren’t impervious to problems — check out the Chargers game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Then you factor in the cost of the kit deals going up, and the brands having to try to recover some of the money they're paying to the elite clubs."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In the elite world, everyone loves my coach because they know how understanding she is.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

Kaspersen describes Rachel Entrekin's historic victory at Cocodona 250, one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the world, as an "inspiration" among the elites to "dare to try".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

What I found is that this is not just a protest of one project in one area by one couple of American elites.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Dubbed a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country, shining a spotlight on murky links between Malta's business and political elites.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

He said he had grown up in a large, comfortable apartment in Pyongyang and had followed the privileged educational trajectory of North Korea’s elites, studying in East Germany and the Soviet Union.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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