the elite

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But the elite cohort features almost as many financial company CEOs.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Since then, when forced to choose between the two, he has almost always sided with the elite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

After years of learning and building UCLA’s women’s basketball program, Cori Close is ready to prove she belongs among the elite coaches in the sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

West Indian Archie had the kind of photographic memory that put him among the elite of numbers runners.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey