elite

Example Sentences

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A new international study is calling into question long-standing assumptions about what makes elite sprinters so fast.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

“If you’re as visible as the Big Ten schools are, you’re going to get attention of elite recruits.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Border Patrol agents from an elite unit rappelled from a hovering Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a 130-unit apartment complex.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Gen. Qassem Suleimani, who led Iran’s Quds Force, an elite branch of the Iranian military responsible for the country’s foreign operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

They were given the special title “Guards”—the mark of an elite military unit.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein