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special privilege



NOUN
grandfather clause
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Opponents charged that serving his sentence in a hospital was a special privilege.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

General Services Administration, the court reaffirmed and broadened the original Nixon rationale for recognizing a president’s special privilege to block access to hard information about official decision-making:

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2022

No one bought Tiley’s claim that Djokovic wasn’t being granted a special privilege.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

"No other industry enjoys that amount of special privilege."

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021

Being granted a communicuff is a special privilege that’s reserved for those important to the cause, a status Gale achieved by his rescue of the citizens of 12.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins


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