elite
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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
Ultimately, according to Goncalves, the frontman remains the same person, but one intent on becoming a truly "elite".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
Diallo was followed to his apartment building by four white police officers—members of the elite Street Crime Unit—who viewed him as suspicious and wanted to interrogate him.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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
Bureaucrats, party officials, army officers, and other well-placed government elites ended up stealing about thirty percent of the aid, according to estimates by outside scholars and international aid agencies.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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