the elite
Example Sentences
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He studied at the elite Buckley School and Philips Exeter Academy before attending college at Yale University, where he captained the men’s soccer team and graduated in 1979.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
What pulled Zanardi through, and enabled him to go on to achieve at the elite sporting level again, was his remarkable force of will.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
He had traveled the world and mingled with the elite by the time Fiat scion Gianni Agnelli brought him back to Maranello as chairman—and gave him a specific mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
They’re symbols of the elite, of status and success.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
They already knew that her mother and father were not part of the elite social set that revolved around Alabama State College and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
