privilege

Example Sentences

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In her last book, “Just Us,” she traveled around the nation asking white men in airports, dinner parties and theaters, among other shared spaces, what they thought about privilege.

From Los Angeles Times

Although I understand the disparity in the current time and throughout history, I also understand that I might be living through a privileged time where I just kind of see women around me everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times

It is, as Nelson points out, a famous white rapper using his privilege and platform to start conversations about injustices baked into our society.

From Salon

So far the status of the dollar as the world’s dominant global currency, and therefore the U.S.’s so-called “exorbitant privilege” of being able to run sustained balance-of-payments deficits without penalty, has remained intact.

From Barron's

Almost 60 years ago a miffed French politician dubbed the dollar system an “exorbitant privilege.”

From The Wall Street Journal