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
Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
This access is not a technological privilege, but an academic principle to learn from the best in order to care better.
—Dr. Victor Raúl Castillo Mantilla, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Ellsberg appears to be saying that wisdom is the ability to privilege ultimate ends over more immediate goals, or perhaps a capacity to attend to real-world consequences when faced with abstract models.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Blank noted in his response motion that Fajardo had only one previous encounter with the law for driving without privileges in 2018.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
This access is not a technological privilege, but an academic principle to learn from the best in order to care better.
—Dr. Victor Raúl Castillo Mantilla, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Is doing least privilege across all your applications a solution?
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Ellsberg appears to be saying that wisdom is the ability to privilege ultimate ends over more immediate goals, or perhaps a capacity to attend to real-world consequences when faced with abstract models.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privilege
Noun
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The honors affected are Andrew’s Order of the Garter and Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The duty to settle honor scores was forced upon Rashida by his elders.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This one billionaire would thereby be entitled to a disproportionate share of—remember, by nature limited—removals, simply by virtue of his ability to pay handsomely for them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Federal workers are entitled to back pay, per a law that was passed during the last shutdown in 2019.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The forthcoming projects are authorized by Shakur’s daughter, Kakuya Shakur, and produced and co-directed by the sister-brother filmmaking team through their banner, Indigo Films.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Owner Ray Davis authorized massive contracts to Corey Seager and Marcus Semien in hopes of making the club competitive, but then held the reins tight after the team won the World Series in 2023.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Ben Seghir, a 20-year-old who signed after helping Monaco qualify for the Champions League from France’s Ligue 1, is among the finest Moroccan talents of his generation.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The enhanced subsidies raised the income limit on who qualified, expanding eligibility to many middle-class people.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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The research team revealed that during the HTC process, iron was incorporated to impart magnetic properties to the resulting hydrochar, enabling post-treatment recovery using an external magnet.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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This is what enables people from such diverse backgrounds to come together, just through the medium of K-pop.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Privilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privilege. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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