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elite

[ih-leet, ey-leet] / ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit /




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“We overproduced elite candidates, but there weren’t that many elite jobs to begin with — and they’re starting to shrink.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Even if LIV continues, its era of poaching elite players with giant paydays is likely over.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Playing him propels an actor into an exceptionally elite group of performers.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Meet the “Everywhere Millionaires” proving that elite degrees aren’t a prerequisite for building massive wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Yet it is clear that belief in witchcraft among the educated elite diminished rapidly in the early eighteenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

What I found is that this is not just a protest of one project in one area by one couple of American elites.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Dubbed a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country, shining a spotlight on murky links between Malta's business and political elites.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Nadezhdin, who worked in the government in the 1990s and was also a lawmaker in parliament, said Russian elites are frustrated but too afraid to act.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

At the Munich conference, Clark and Capocefalo met John Brockman, a literary agent of scientific books, who introduced Epstein to academics and Silicon Valley elites, according to Epstein documents recently released by the Justice Department.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Although the empire left the original elites of conquered lands in place, it humiliated them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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