elite

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

But in Silicon Valley, Aschenbrenner’s stature has grown among the elite group that shares his zealotry for an AI-dominated future, report Berber Jin, Ben Cohen and Anissa Gardizy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Laura has become part of the elite group to complete the "full house"

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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

“You can go to public school and quit elite gymnastics tomorrow if that’s what you want,” he’d say.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Reporter Sara Ashley O’Brien: When I joined the Journal, in the fall of 2022, my first story looked at a little-known drug called Ozempic being injected by coastal elites to slim down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

Court records paint Zhou as coming from a relatively modest background, a contrast to the many wealthy Chinese elites who seek out U.S. surrogates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

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