privilege

Example Sentences

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If someone trusts you with their money, it’s a huge privilege, but whether or not your former golf buddy would have made you more than you manage your own investments is largely irrelevant.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“I’m proud I have the privilege of being in charge, of doing that job,” he said by phone from Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

While Pele was popularising a game he'd learned barefoot on the streets of Brazil, much of the American grassroots version was being built on privilege.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Here is a general description of my share for the privilege of owning a summer home in the Adirondacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

White leaders—former planters—were clearly fighting to regain their antebellum positions of political and economic privilege.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson