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privileged

adjective as in favored, elite

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“Sometimes privileged people don’t listen. Luckily, Lee does listen to a lot of people around him. And eventually, even if he doesn’t adhere to their advice, you know, he still hears them.”

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"It would be easier to take a cab. I know I'm privileged, but it's more of a revindication. We need greener cities, with fewer cars," Bellerin says.

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“It kind of stunk that we lost. But I knew it was the last time I was going to put on a uniform. I was privileged to wear it for as long as I did.”

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Amelia tells Newsbeat she wants to use her "privileged position" to give people from less well-represented backgrounds access to the resources to start careers as creators.

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They accused the ICC of targeting less privileged countries, echoing criticism from Rwanda's President Paul Kagame who has previously accused the ICC of holding an anti-African bias.

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

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