elitist
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Generating buzz around a very elitist brand is useful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"It would downgrade the Olympic Games to an elitist event with competition amongst only ten per cent of all 206 NOCs," the IOC executive board said.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
If not wanting my robot assistant/future overlord to have an image tool makes me an A.I. elitist, as Altman implies, then I will proudly fit myself for a monocle.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026
One might say that, three years ahead of the show’s jump to YouTube, Academy voters are making a concerted effort to distance themselves from the perception that the Oscars are elitist and pretentious.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 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
While elitists criticize and theorize about the poor, Robert L. Woodson Sr. looked for successes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
Rather, it is to demand that his fellow elitists make good on the responsibility that goes with their privilege.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 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
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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