elites
Example Sentences
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It was founded in 1920 by elites including Talaat Harb as the first bank in the country wholly owned by Egyptians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
She already has a ticket to the game, but she’s sitting too far from the elite of the elites, and definitely too far from the president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
For decades, black elites engaged in private rescue efforts to make black communities tidy, clean, and respectable in a futile effort to gain white approval.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
