privilege
Example Sentences
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It’s getting people to recognize that it’s more important to have power than it is to have privilege.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
More than 12 million have had to flee their homes, earning Sudan the unfortunate privilege of having the world’s worst displacement crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
“We are close like brothers and sisters, and that is a privilege we will never have again.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
You are net contributors to society and you have earned that privilege.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
And while we stay here for Anatole’s teaching and organizing, and live on the next-to-nothing that work earns, we still have a measure of privilege incomprehensible to our neighbors.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing privilege
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Bud, Not Buddy
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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