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
The wealthier one gets, he says, the easier it is to live a life of privilege.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Our privilege smacked of evil and mystery whereas theirs came in recognizable panty hose packages and candy wrappers and vacuum cleaner bags and Kleenex boxes.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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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