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privilege

[priv-uh-lij, priv-lij] / ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒ /


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"Her self-belief and commitment to her craft will always be inspirational and she will be fondly remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing her."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

"It has been a great pride and a huge privilege to serve this institution," Lagarde posted on X, announcing that she would resign nine months before her term officially ends in October 2027.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

They’re not consumed by a desire to appear thankful for the privilege to make money from playing sports.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

A retiree who wants out in year two pays roughly a tenth of his savings for the privilege.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

He’s speaking the language of privilege, speaking it with his drawling tone, with the looseness of his limbs, as though he thinks he owns everything he can see.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Because the laptop already had sufficient security privileges, Nandakumara said early reports suggest it became "the attacker's route straight into production, and from there to the wallets".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Today’s housecats enjoy privileges that their ancestors could hardly have imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

After NBC News shed light on Combs’ alleged prison privileges, the rapper was reportedly moved back to solitary confinement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Harshey-Jones also pleaded guilty to a charge of corrupt or improper exercise of his police powers and privileges by looking up his own incident on the computer log.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

There was always controversy about whether or not we should accept study privileges.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Named after astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who helped overturn the belief that Earth sits at the center of the solar system, the principle holds that our location in the universe is not fundamentally special or privileged.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Only a quarter of students from low-income backgrounds go on to higher education in France, compared with nearly two thirds of pupils from privileged households, according to a 2023 government study.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Plus, I recognize how privileged we are to have financial help — and I always try to cut costs wherever I can.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I'm in a very privileged position to be able to do that... Buying your way out of the system or not being in at all is in itself a luxury. It buys you freedom."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Around me, I saw students flaming out—white, black, privileged or not.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

News aimed to avoid privileging schools with a high concentration of degrees that pay well.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The recommendations "are designed to hold our attention, and too often that means privileging provocative and extreme content because outrage drives engagement and engagement drives profit", Steven Roberts at Monash University said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The essence of many bad decisions, decision theorists have long shown us, is privileging a single outcome or scenario as if it’s the only possible one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

For instance, Google has been accused of privileging its own products in search results, while Apple has been accused of charging some developers exorbitant fees to be listed in its App Store.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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