elite

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Although representing only 1% of all rich individuals, this elite group holds nearly 35% of total wealth, or about $34.2 trillion.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

This year, on New Year’s Day, I had brunch at the elite Wynn casino in Las Vegas.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

So Alyssa and Gisele began playing with an elite boys’ team while they were still in high school and passed up scholarships to Stanford to sign lucrative contracts with Angel City while their were teenagers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

The country will become just the second to receive Washington's elite nuclear propulsion technology, after the UK which began receiving it decades ago.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

When they did, they usually left behind their Calvinist denominations and became members of the elite church linked to the state Church of England.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz