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as in gifted
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as in protected
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as in entitled
to give a right to
only professionals who meet the education and experience requirements set by law are privileged to use the title "interior designer" in Oklahoma
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Recent Examples of privileged
Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
Luna earlier Tuesday made a privileged motion — enabled by her discharge petition — to force consideration of the proxy voting legislation within two legislative days.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
Throughout his presidency, Obama privileged de-escalation and engagement over confrontation.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Trump can assemble the most privileged bunch of white male billionaires imaginable to run the government.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Do was privy to privileged emails between the county board and head lawyer Leon Page.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
Luna earlier Tuesday made a privileged motion — enabled by her discharge petition — to force consideration of the proxy voting legislation within two legislative days.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
Throughout his presidency, Obama privileged de-escalation and engagement over confrontation.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Trump can assemble the most privileged bunch of white male billionaires imaginable to run the government.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privileged
Adjective
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In Merrill, who signed a nine-year contract extension with the club on Wednesday, the Padres have themselves a mature young dude and gifted baseball rat who’s more concerned about winning the day or night’s game than anything else relating to his job.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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High up in that treehouse, so far away from anything but the snakes, hawks, coyotes and other creatures that called this land home, Kilmer could take flight and escape the Hollywood noise that had turned the gifted artist into, by all accounts, a difficult presence at times.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The book, entitled Promemoria (Sending Out an SOS), is EMA’s synthesis of his years of artistic reflection and advocacy.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2024
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Federal, state or local government employees are not entitled to the new leave.—
Acacia Squires,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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The crowd at Kauffman Stadium for opening day was full of children fortunate enough to be on spring break to see the Royals play the Guardians, along with adults passing on their own love of the spring tradition.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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One thing that’s fortunate is that as much as Boygenius fans loved you together, and not everybody got to see a show, the vast majority want just as much to hear the solo records that are coming.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Companies including Coinbase and Jack Dorsey’s Block offer products that try to merge some of these ideas, creating a more secure version of a crypto wallet that remains convenient to use.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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The more secure methods — cashier’s checks, money orders, or online payment providers — can be inconvenient or carry costs that cut into the profit landlords make on their rent.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Attorneys for New Jersey argued that even a partial remand meant the program was no longer authorized by federal regulators, and that a lack of clarity regarding pollution mitigation should in and of itself be enough to order a temporary pause on the program.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Franklin also said Robinson could not take raises away once they had already been authorized.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Whether fans support a favored team or an underdog, most issues come down to economics.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Horizon In case there is any doubt, political consumerism is on the rise and boycotts seem to be the favored means of expressing it.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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On a totally different tangent, though, there may be some lucky news around wealth matters this week, too, such as a shift around assets, a settlement or a debt.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois last month, who took home a $344 million jackpot.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Ten days on the training pitches with a clutch of friendly games enabled Nuno to get across his ideas and to forge an ‘us against the world’ mentality.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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That shift is enabled by Sam, who really does see her, and—better—sees someone worth knowing.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Privileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privileged. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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