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privilege

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


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And eight times a week, it’s dropped atop the heads of people who pay for the privilege — just a few feet short of actually hitting anyone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The issue of quality air access is increasingly linked privilege and wealth.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

"When we talked to some of these Chinese people afterwards, and they were so excited, some of them had not experienced anything like it, it was a great privilege."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“It has been the privilege of a lifetime to lead Brown-Forman,” Whiting said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

And while it frustrated them that only Henry would have the privilege, they were too curious not to let it happen.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

But in an administration that privileges snarling visages, Witkoff is nearly universally described as “kind,” or “nice,” a quality he has used to good diplomatic effect.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

In the decade preceding Xi, he noted, there was perhaps one such case—and even then, the official wasn’t imprisoned, but was merely stripped of privileges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 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

The accident happened on the Saturday night of a weekend when Dad had visiting privileges.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Yet right now, it belongs only to a privileged few.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

"I'm extremely grateful and privileged to have gone on the journey that I have been on as an England cricketer," said Knight.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“Whether it’s an actor or a director, a costumer or a sound designer, we are all so privileged to take part in creating television that unites us.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

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

They were more like present-day privileged Western students trawling the developing world and writing blogs about how the world’s poorest people enabled them to broaden their horizons.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The essence of many bad decisions, decision theorists have long shown us, is privileging a single outcome or scenario as if it’s the only possible one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 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

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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