privilege

Example Sentences

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It is, as Nelson points out, a famous white rapper using his privilege and platform to start conversations about injustices baked into our society.

From Salon

So far the status of the dollar as the world’s dominant global currency, and therefore the U.S.’s so-called “exorbitant privilege” of being able to run sustained balance-of-payments deficits without penalty, has remained intact.

From Barron's

Almost 60 years ago a miffed French politician dubbed the dollar system an “exorbitant privilege.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Gilbert's loss is felt deeply by his unit, his peers and all who had the privilege of serving and spending time with him," Captain Ross Beeby also said.

From BBC

Who’d gotten promotions and special privileges; how one of the littles got in trouble for trying to smuggle a chick into the dorm; a new meal that had entered the weekly rotation.

From Literature