elite
Example Sentences
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“At some point, the only way to get the financial elite to start hearing our pleas is if we stop giving them money,” Granado-Gomez told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Border Patrol agents from an elite unit rappelled from a hovering Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a 130-unit apartment complex.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Gen. Qassem Suleimani, who led Iran’s Quds Force, an elite branch of the Iranian military responsible for the country’s foreign operations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
He and his staff talk about the prospect of AI riches, sharing stories of teenagers who got into elite universities, but barely stayed through orientation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The elite of Durham sneered openly at them whereas middle-class whites tried to put as much distance as possible between themselves and their poorer cousins.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.