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special privilege



NOUN
grandfather clause
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About 40% of lawmakers — nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans — surveyed said they didn’t intend to assert a special privilege to withhold their emails and other records, without equivocating.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

What a special, special privilege to have been able to count Walter as one of my dearest and most beloved friends.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 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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