elite
Example Sentences
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But an undercover DEA investigation targeting Honduras’s government, led by the agency’s elite Special Operations Division, unexpectedly ensnared the nephews.
Built in 1837 by former Awadh ruler Muhammad Ali Shah, the site once served not just the elite, but the public too.
From BBC
In 2016, he went viral after delivering a lecture in which he summarised the 34 elite universities that set their own admission standards, rather than follow national cut-off scores.
From BBC
His promise of change resonated with an electorate that was angry at corruption, nepotism and elite rule.
From BBC
God no longer spoke a language—Latin—that only a privileged elite could understand.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
