privilege
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"Throughout that time - and around 700 programmes - I have had the privilege of sharing my own abiding passion for gardens and gardening with an equally passionate, and often equally knowledgeable audience," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Cho herself prepared by consulting the late master of the form, Frederick Wiseman, who was unabashed about the tension between documentary filmaking’s often radical politics and the privilege required to turn it into a profession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“It has been an honor and a privilege to try to get justice for your clients,” Evans concluded the email.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Is that a strategy that marketing leaders should emulate—or just the privilege of a sole owner speaking to you from his superyacht?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Also, as seniors, you have the privilege of cutting in front of the lunchline.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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But this is also a story about literal class warfare, one in which those who oppose the privileges of blood are unwilling to forgive the sins of the fathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He’s working from a relatively clean slate, and experiencing all of the privileges and drawbacks that come with it.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
They were allowed to keep their duke and duchess of Sussex titles, but lost other monarchy privileges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Homeland Security then used that information to revoke Global Entry privileges in retaliation, the lawsuit alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The only thing that sticks in my head is that it has a clock, and we must be back inside 13 by the designated hour or our hunting privileges will be revoked.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Hoy told BBC Scotland he felt privileged to have the public platform to spread awareness and would continue to do so even if there was a national screening system in place.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
"I feel proud, honoured and deeply privileged to be his fellow countryman."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
I’m in this very privileged position where this isn’t my reality, but this is the reality of so many women around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The restorative-justice circle would embolden the student as he realized his misbehavior would give him further opportunities to get privileged time and attention with no consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
His place was dead center, between Marcus’s father and another privileged senator.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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A psychologist argues that privileging “authenticity” in the workplace can lead to bad outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
For instance, Google has been accused of privileging its own products in search results, while Apple has been accused of charging some developers exorbitant fees to be listed in its App Store.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 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
But she has no use for the term “cancel culture,” privileging, as it does, the person shamed by the red stamp of accusation, rather than the one who pipes up about wrongdoing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 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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Vocabulary lists containing privilege
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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