elitist
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You need large numbers to win wars, which inherently means that armies can’t be elitist institutions.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It seems elitist maybe,” Flanders added, but the small island absorbs a “crush” of people in the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
And then there is polo – a far more elitist undertaking but loved by the King when he was younger and a sport his sons, Princes William and Harry, used to play regularly.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
They’re insincere and elitist and out of touch and smug in many respects, from the perspective of a young man.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Barack and I knew we wanted to do a better job of democratizing the White House, making it feel less elitist and more open.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The public has glommed on to the cosmic irony of Davis, a Black radical, being descended from a group of people whom elitists view as a top determinant of social legitimacy.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
In a land of vinyl sickos, Spotify normies, and Winamp elitists, Wade Nixon, the man behind the incredibly popular YouTube channel “DankPods,” stands alone with a pair of MP3-playing Oakley sunglasses.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
Finally, sometime after I’d moved away to college, the beach elitists surreptitiously had another chain-link fence installed across the tunnel entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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President Obama's Commencement Address (2016)
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