privilege
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On 11 March, the government said it was redacting documents to conceal details including people's phone numbers, the identity of junior civil servants, personal data of third parties and legal professional privilege.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
For a generation sometimes derided for its sense of privilege, there’s a refreshing simplicity and wholesomeness to these recipes built for social media’s culture of imitation and iteration.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
But the volume, the intensity, the frequency, the effect on judges … I had the privilege of being a judge in the state and federal court systems from 1981 until 2018.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Interim Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates told the Senedd "no one knows better than our party that it is a privilege to govern", which now "rests on different shoulders."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“But your honor will not deny me this one and only poor privilege of protest against this high-handed outrage upon my citizen’s rights,” Anthony responded.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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