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privilege

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


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Patrick Kielty, who said it was a "privilege" to interview Mageean on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ's The Late Late Show, said "she wasn't just a champion on the track".

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

That classification is commonly used to shield a variety of federal records from public release, including those containing personnel information, details about ongoing law enforcement operations and matters protected by attorney-client privilege.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dad said that it would be a privilege to help in any way he could.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

Starr acknowledged it's a male-dominated field and would like female artists to have more "space in the genre" and be "allowed the same privileges".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

A Milwaukee County judge found Romo guilty of the charge and took away his driving privileges for six months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a culture of passivity, football privileges action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Du Bois described as “the public and psychological wage” paid to white workers, who depended on their status and privileges as whites to compensate for low pay and harsh working conditions.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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 felt quite privileged being a photographer generally because it gives you access to worlds that aren't necessarily part of your world," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Most of the women who were imprisoned came from sheltered, privileged backgrounds.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

A psychologist argues that privileging “authenticity” in the workplace can lead to bad outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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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