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noun

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Adjective
So, too, were sailors from the 12 participating teams — including 17 Olympic medalists among them — and other elite athletes, actors, writers and models, such as Ana Peleteiro, Almuneda Cid, Hiba Abouk, Leticia Sala, Marta Ortiz, Lucia Rivero and Mayka Merino. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024 An American high school is collaborating with the effort of Chinese institutions to create STEM talent pipelines modeled on its elite program. The Editors, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
Many of the planter elite became community and state leaders and had large, elaborate homes built on their property, as well as in Little Rock and other Arkansas towns. Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024 Is this small circle of intellectual elite really the best representation of innovation in economics? James Broughel, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elite 

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“Elite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elite. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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