elite

Subpar defenses have plagued Lincoln Riley since his arrival at USC, and the Trojans’ performance against San José State raises the question of whether they are ready to compete among the elite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

The guest list included Amodei himself, plus the company’s top scientist and other key executives, as well as AI luminaries and members of the Silicon Valley elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

To outsiders, investing can seem like an elite country club with its own rules.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In the dialogues he wrote he describes himself as mixing with the elite of English society, but he later claimed this was fiction not fact.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Watches are one of many status symbols for Silicon Valley elites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

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