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privilege

[priv-uh-lij, priv-lij] / ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒ /


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Noskova, who grew up in a small village and spent part of her offseason this winter volunteering at a school in Tanzania, is about as far from tennis privilege as it gets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

It had been "a privilege" to drive her, he said.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Raised in an affluent suburb in Marin County, Siebel Newsom, 52, grew up in privilege.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

She’s everything I wasn’t and never would be: aggressively pink, fluffy and wrapped in an impenetrable privilege that appeared to reward her ditziness.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

“Not looking the part of Puerto Rican messed me up. I know I get some privilege points from looking white, but Puerto Ricans don’t come in one shade.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

It is whether it can distinguish real vulnerabilities from the privileges it mistakes for burdens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

People on an enterprise network have their identities managed so that they have the privileges they need, and are blocked from everything else.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

In May 2022, the hacker went through the firm's network and took over administrator privileges — the highest level of system access to the IT network, the ICO said.

From BBC May 12, 2026

When we talk about U.S. citizenship, there is a tendency to assume that, Well, of course everyone wants legal citizenship because it means access to rights, privileges, and protections.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2026

Instead, he’d take away Sunday afternoon movie privileges or not let me talk on the phone or tell me I couldn’t go to club meetings with my friends.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

AfricaMuseum director general Bart Ouvry said the Belgian institution turned down KoBold's offer over concerns about giving a single private actor privileged access.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

For example, it says the facility doesn’t provide headphones for tablets, making private phone calls — including privileged calls with attorneys — impossible unless the detainee can afford to purchase headphones from the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Heil said he felt privileged to have grown up without AI because he was able to "actually use my brain".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Foreign guests of the regime enjoyed a privileged diet of fruits, vegetables and cheeses while in the school cafeteria she and her students met with “starch, grease and gruel.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Mother said it was the height of rudeness for a public servant with privileged knowledge to pry, and for once I had to agree with her.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Introduced in 2023 as the three-row version of Mazda’s CX-70, the CX-90 is Mazda’s biggest canvas for its distinctive Kodo design: a seamless, flowing surface language, privileging complex curvatures over sharp corners, edges and rays.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

The seating issue has sparked discussions among fashion enthusiasts and critics alike, with many feeling that the arrangement feels elitist, privileging front-row viewers while limiting the experience for others.

From Seattle Times Jan. 22, 2024

Such consolidation has long worried literary types who fear it leads to the privileging of profit over culture.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2023

Your organization has now filed a complaint against Harvard University for its policy of privileging legacies and the family members of donors in its admissions process.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2023

The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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