privilege

Example Sentences

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"It's very expensive, and I'm very privileged," she says.

From BBC

Once there, they swarm the island’s beach clubs, gourmet restaurants and luxury hotels, often paying astronomical prices for the privilege to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But I've grown so used to it that we forget it is a rare privilege and that there is human labour behind it."

From BBC

Announcing Seidman's expulsion, South Africa's foreign affairs ministry said his actions "represent a gross abuse of diplomatic privilege".

From BBC

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