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Which poet helped reintroduce the word elite into English through his epic poem Don Juan?

elite

[ih-leet, ay-leet] / ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit /




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SINGAPORE—Every autumn, an elite group of 3,000 business travelers flies halfway around the world for a high-stakes event with millions of dollars on the line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Is it a little weird that metal is now welcome as an elite Las Vegas entertainment commodity?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Majumdar said the procedure is so common in teens that many baseball families regard it as “a rite of passage”: “They can be elite now that they’ve had their Tommy John surgery.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Kremlin critic said he remained in contact with some members of Russia's ruling elite.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

She took an elite ballet program with Amy.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Instead, they are the subject of an imagined plotline in which the military or some group of elites has access to extraordinarily advanced technology that can quickly and painlessly cure the human body of anything.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Rowing chiefs contacted by the BBC before Thursday's decision declined to comment directly on Crisafulli's "elites" remarks.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Dictators also use outside pressure to rally their populations, especially among elites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Other donors to the Christian Union are members of local elites across the Bible Belt.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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