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nepotism

noun as in favoritism

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Legacy hires and unabashed nepotism are prevalent in baseball — in all professional sports, really, — but the Minasian connection has humble origins.

"If you were to find the publications of that time, the criticism was personal - JRD got clubbed with nepotism and I was branded as the wrong choice," Ratan Tata later said.

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With no experience in politics or diplomacy, his appointment was met by furious accusations of nepotism.

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The humour in the show is quite "tongue-in-cheek with a lot of pop culture references", she says, and that includes a real-life interaction Ananya had on the topic of privilege and nepotism.

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In an era where discourse over nepotism in Hollywood runs hot, the Shyamalans wear their name proudly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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