elitist

Example Sentences

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But some project supporters call Keller and other critics elitist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

OpenAI’s Altman said Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads illustrate how it is elitist.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

One might say that, three years ahead of the show’s jump to YouTube, Academy voters are making a concerted effort to distance themselves from the perception that the Oscars are elitist and pretentious.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

"We'll make do with the two stars... maybe we'll be less elitist and a little more accessible."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

We’d need to think about how they’d used whatever opportunities life had afforded them rather than measuring them simply by how far they’d made it up an elitist academic ladder.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama