privilege
Example Sentences
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A generation that had an incredible privilege and opportunity to build China, and only saw where it very quickly went down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
"I mean we are close like brothers and sisters. That is a privilege we will never have again."
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
She was a child of privilege, the daughter of Carter Burden, a Vanderbilt descendant and media executive, and Amanda Burden, the daughter of Babe Paley and an influential urban planner.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
“Would you privilege me with a moment of your time?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing privilege
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Bud, Not Buddy
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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