elitist
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In a world of Spirit haters and elitist never-Spirit fliers, I saw and welcomed Spirit’s place in the airline world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
They’re insincere and elitist and out of touch and smug in many respects, from the perspective of a young man.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
"It would downgrade the Olympic Games to an elitist event with competition amongst only ten per cent of all 206 NOCs," the IOC executive board said.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
“He was not exclusive and he was not an elitist, “ Savannah said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
“Now, the witch doesn’t take kindly to this perspective. Personally, I don’t blame her. It’s reductionist, it’s elitist, and it’s just plain icky. So the witch goes from zero to a hundred—and curses Benefo.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The public has glommed on to the cosmic irony of Davis, a Black radical, being descended from a group of people whom elitists view as a top determinant of social legitimacy.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
Others labeled the data center’s opponents, including groups like CFFC, as anti-development elitists who intimidated the project’s supporters into silence.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
In a land of vinyl sickos, Spotify normies, and Winamp elitists, Wade Nixon, the man behind the incredibly popular YouTube channel “DankPods,” stands alone with a pair of MP3-playing Oakley sunglasses.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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