elitist
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Michael Lucia initially bristled at the name, convinced it was out of touch and elitist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"It would downgrade the Olympic Games to an elitist event with competition amongst only ten per cent of all 206 NOCs," the IOC executive board said.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
If not wanting my robot assistant/future overlord to have an image tool makes me an A.I. elitist, as Altman implies, then I will proudly fit myself for a monocle.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026
“He was not exclusive and he was not an elitist, “ Savannah said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
“Well, he can’t be all that elitist if he accepted me,” I said.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
In a land of vinyl sickos, Spotify normies, and Winamp elitists, Wade Nixon, the man behind the incredibly popular YouTube channel “DankPods,” stands alone with a pair of MP3-playing Oakley sunglasses.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
Q: A few years ago, you received flak for a brief clip on CNN where you joked in a Southern accent: “ ‘You elitists with your geography and your maps — and your spelling!’
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
Dad complained to Fire Station No. 70, stationed beside the creek, and the elitists soon learned a lesson: No matter how much you are worth, you can’t block a county flood-control channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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