the elite

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But the elite cohort features almost as many financial company CEOs.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The wheelchair race started at 08:59 BST, the elite race started a minute later and all other participants started at 09:01.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Since then, when forced to choose between the two, he has almost always sided with the elite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Among the elite in Pyongyang, one of the most coveted signifiers of status is an electric rice cooker.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden