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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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During a June 2025 interview with The New York Times announcing her pending retirement, Copeland reflected on her impact as the face of elite ballet.
—Alyssa Davis, People.com, 30 June 2025
Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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Noun
In Top Gun, Tom Cruise (who famously does all his own stunts) stars as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, a daring naval aviator training at the elite Top Gun school.
—Jené Luciani Sena
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
During a June 2025 interview with The New York Times announcing her pending retirement, Copeland reflected on her impact as the face of elite ballet.
—Alyssa Davis, People.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
The party’s subsequent disbandment by the Constitutional Court last August added grist to the perception among Move Forward’s predominantly young voters that the nation’s elites are conspiring to expunge their democratic will.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elite
Noun
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A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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Republican purists wanted a simple, technical training school that kept the costs low and, more importantly, kept the officer corps from evolving into an aristocracy.—
Ryan Shaw / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Left Bank, or Rive Gauche, lies on the more discreet side with its hôtels particuliers, mansions, and grand townhouses built by French nobility when Louis XIV’s court traded Paris for Versailles.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2025
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Elegant women and dandies rapidly flocked to it, including royalty and nobility such as the Countess of Castiglione, Princess of Metternich, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Berry.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Our exclusive this morning with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
Noun
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In just 30 games, averaged 12.9 points and 4.9 rebounds on 36% shooting from 3-point range, all marks that were personal bests.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Both sums are weekly bests for Lake, who co-authored each song on the LP.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
25 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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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
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Each man was then sent special moose-hunting regulations, zone maps, instructions on field-dressing, numbered back tags, bottles for moose-blood samples, and several other items.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Yet many men, in pursuit of growth and achievement, entirely sacrifice their hobbies, passions, and relationships, only to arrive at the top with fractured lives.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The new-look top four in the order — Luis Arraez, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. — is in place again as the Padres look to get something going offensively.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
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 9 Jul. 2025.
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