privileged class
Example Sentences
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Oliver almost passes with the privileged class as Farleigh indicates.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
“The everyday person wouldn’t be treated this way, but it’s the privileged class that escapes accountability for whatever they do,” said criminal defense attorney James Bopp.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The Houstons were part of a small, privileged class of Black people that flourished during Reconstruction.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
“When the truth is that Indigenous peoples have, historically and in the present, been the most excluded group. To have them be called a new elite or privileged class, that really hurts.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
There will, therefore, be no obstacle of a privileged class to make difficulties in the way of those entering a trade who have not passed through the normal course of preparation for it.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Reginald Arthur Bray
