as in honor
something granted as a special favor
the town's oldest resident will have the privilege of leading the parade kicking off the Heritage Celebration
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as in to entitle
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 privilege
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
To expose one’s anger was a privilege.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Nor is he privileged by divine right, like a land-owning Englishman in 1813.
—Brittany Allen
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
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Noun
South Korean memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung also had their VEU privileges revoked on Friday, according to a statement on the Federal Register.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
To expose one’s anger was a privilege.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Much attention was paid to OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk trading barbs on X this week after Musk threatened to sue Apple over supposedly biased App Store rankings privileging ChatGPT over Grok.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Nor is he privileged by divine right, like a land-owning Englishman in 1813.
—Brittany Allen
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privilege
Noun
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His work within and outside the confines of the entertainment industry led to this honor.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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University of Arkansas men’s basketball Coach John Calipari made an appearance in Little Rock on Thursday to accept his Leader of the Year honor from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arkansas during a luncheon event at Pleasant Valley Country Club.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The complaint alleges Johnson failed to disclose restricted stock units entitling him to 330,000 shares in his January 2024 bankruptcy petition.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Minneapolis City Council authorized the city attorney’s office to bring litigation against a property owner who has refused to clear a homeless encampment on his property, moving in favor by a vote of 6-4 during a special meeting on Monday morning.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon open applications for its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, as authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fortunately, there are a few programs that offer assistance to students who qualify, like those who participate in assistance programs like the National School Lunch Program, housing assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, and others.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
11 Sep. 2025
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Olympians Chase Budinger, Taylor Crabb and Carli Lloyd will compete, and there are two teams made up of amateurs who went through qualifying rounds to participate.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Families in more than a dozen states now enjoy universal-eligibility school choice, enabling them to access a portion of education funding to use toward their preferred educational setting.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Privilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privilege. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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