privilege
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It’s getting people to recognize that it’s more important to have power than it is to have privilege.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
The camaraderie among the crew and the teams supporting them on the ground, she said, was a once in a lifetime privilege.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Halliday: Getting to watch her was truly a privilege because she is so knowledgeable, she is an encyclopedia when it comes to this world and when it comes to Gilead and these characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
But his anxieties about class and status were so deep that he could not bear the thought that his own “intelligence” might merely be the by-product of privilege and opportunity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing privilege
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Bud, Not Buddy
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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