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special privilege

noun as in grandfather clause

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No one else would receive this special privilege handcrafted for anti-abortion activists alone.

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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.

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Thaksin’s critics have questioned whether his move from prison to more congenial conditions in the hospital reflected special privilege as part of a political deal between his supporters and opponents.

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

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Opponents have charged that serving his sentence in a hospital was a special privilege, suggesting that it was part of a part of a political deal between his party and the military.

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