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privilege

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


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The history of Scottish football is loaded with really good and truly great players who have never had the privilege of playing at a World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Renata Pintus, who heads the masonry department at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence's famous restoration workshop, told AFP it had been a "privilege" to work on Giotto's famous fresco cycle.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Mike says it was a privilege to work on the "remarkable fossil."

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Aspen-based architects John Rowland and Sarah Broughton, whose residential projects can have budgets upward of $50 million, use virtual reality when previewing designs to their clients, adding $100,000 or more for the privilege.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

This was my privilege, the gift of being female.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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