elite
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Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference teams generally spend more on players than anyone else in college football, with some elite rosters costing more than $40 million this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
McInnes said that his coaching staff are "elite in everything we do" in preparing the players for games like this.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
They add that Ivy Leagues and other elite schools that went test-optional in the pandemic have reversed course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He attended the elite boarding school Eton, later revealing his hurt over William allegedly ignoring him while also there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
A frustrating epilogue to their story is that the 586th Regiment was never awarded the honorary and elite title of Guards.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Watches are one of many status symbols for Silicon Valley elites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Nadezhdin, who worked in the government in the 1990s and was also a lawmaker in parliament, said Russian elites are frustrated but too afraid to act.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
St. Joseph’s Prep holds itself in high moral regard and self-consciously grooms America’s future elites.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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