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as in aristocracy
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools
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as in nobility
the highest class in a society
the country's elite owned or controlled most of the wealth
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Recent Examples of elite
Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
One option includes sending elite Israeli Air Force commandos from Unit 5101, known as Shaldag, which, in Hebrew, means kingfisher, a bird known to be patient and dive deep under water to find its prey.
—Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
That ideal distinguished the United States from the Old World, where land belonged to the elite and everyone else merely rented.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Noun
The once-sizable premium was fueled by access to elite schools and expectations of rising property values.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
One option includes sending elite Israeli Air Force commandos from Unit 5101, known as Shaldag, which, in Hebrew, means kingfisher, a bird known to be patient and dive deep under water to find its prey.
—Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
As a medication that supposedly was censored by elites—if not canceled outright by woke medicine and Big Pharma—ivermectin has become a symbol of medical freedom.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
That ideal distinguished the United States from the Old World, where land belonged to the elite and everyone else merely rented.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elite
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According to Back, this intellectual aristocracy persisted until the dilution of Bloomsbury by new members from outside the family lineage.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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The landed aristocracy of Great Britain long ago discovered that to be a way to keep their inheritance intact.—
Miami Herasld Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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Valor and nobility were recurring themes in my childhood.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Based in Jaipur for 10 generations, his family has sourced gems for India’s maharajas and nobility for centuries.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Our exclusive this morning with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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Rather than go bigger, Tierra Atacama went more intentional and more intimate, reducing the number of suites from 32 to 28 to create a more exclusive and expansive feel.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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On this trip, there would be no time for work anxieties or type-A chasing of personal bests.—
Kathy Roberson,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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Profar had career bests in average (.280), OBP (.380) and slugging percentage (.459) in 2024 for San Diego.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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This differed from Europe, where land ownership was immobilized by gentry classes who housed and employed farmers.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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These bodies have historically overwhelmingly catered to a tiny sliver of the population — predominantly white, gentry liberals.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Musk, who served in a special White House post that ended May 30, became sharply critical of Trump’s package of legislative priorities that congressional agencies have said will raise deficit spending and the national debt.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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How nice to learn about artisan producers from South America, especially when the wine is this special; to my tastes, this is world-class quality.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Once the grill top gets nice and hot, use your now-clean brush to make one more pass across the grates.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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Sitting at the top are Manchester City, the only club to exceed $50m so far.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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And that same place gives the Eagles, 49ers and Cowboys better odds of winning the Super Bowl than the Lions at plus-2,000.—
Kirkland Crawford,
Detroit Free Press,
20 July 2023
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“Elite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elite. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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