as in elites
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy
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There were ups and downs through the race’s first few decades, but always a consistent effort to get elites— women included—to the track.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026 -
That said, some of Iran’s political elites do oppose talks with the United States.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
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In European and American societies of the early and mid-19th century, research shows that infant mortality rates were 30-60 times greater than today.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 May 2026
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Test your knowledge of baseball bests, restaurant revamps and more in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Then the speakers’ exhortations to excellence would build in emotional intensity until women began to weep and the meeting erupted in spontaneous pledges to set new personal bests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Obama’s staff would look less amused a few weeks later, as their boss hosted President-elect Trump at the White House.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hungarian premier-elect Peter Magyar’s incoming cabinet plans to cut taxes for low earners and held talks to repair ties with banks that frayed under Viktor Orban’s tumultuous 16 years in power.—
Andras Gergely,
Bloomberg,
23 Apr. 2026
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For nearly 15 years, the women waged a lengthy, and ultimately unsuccessful, court battle with Spector over royalties.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Historically, Arm’s business model was built on licensing its Arm instruction set — basically, a language that tells the processor how to operate — to other chipmakers, collecting royalties in the process.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Aristocracies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocracies. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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