as in entitled
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 privileged
Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Nowhere is this more apparent than one of the first kisses shared between Patrick (Jonathan Groff), a privileged white video game designer, and Richie (Raúl Castillo), the Mexican club doorman hopelessly in love with him.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
The vulnerability can be exploited by low-privileged users to create a denial-of-service attack or by higher-privileged users to execute code that runs with unfettered root privileges.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Frank Emmert, executive director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Indiana University and legal AI expert, told Fortune that open-source models can receive privileged information from attorneys that use them.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Historically, government-privileged firms tend to be wasteful firms.
—Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Nowhere is this more apparent than one of the first kisses shared between Patrick (Jonathan Groff), a privileged white video game designer, and Richie (Raúl Castillo), the Mexican club doorman hopelessly in love with him.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
The vulnerability can be exploited by low-privileged users to create a denial-of-service attack or by higher-privileged users to execute code that runs with unfettered root privileges.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Frank Emmert, executive director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Indiana University and legal AI expert, told Fortune that open-source models can receive privileged information from attorneys that use them.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privileged
Verb
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Movies are also both specific inspiration for his debut collection, entitled Aphrodite Stardust, and integral to his working practices more generally.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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Obviously you will be entitled to a full refund.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of those gifted enough to have such spring in his feet and dynamite in his neck.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Cirkut is incredibly gifted as a programmer.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Deutsch explained that architects have found lowering a ceiling makes a person feel more protected and comfortable.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Sep. 2025
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After walking away from the semi-protected working environment of Anderson’s film, Hoffman followed the advice of some peers and enrolled in an acting school in New York to hone his craft.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
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In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
1 Oct. 2025
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One senior manager, who did not want to be named as he is not authorized to speak publicly about internal matters, said his chat threads lit up.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Rams were fortunate to make a stop on defense, get the ball back, and score a field goal to send the game into overtime.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Before repurposing, always perform a secure wipe to erase all personal information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The aim is to help these films secure finishing funds, attract sales agents, secure festival premieres, and establish partnerships.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Golden Globes has revealed the 25 titles that have qualified for the new Best Podcast category, which will be introduced at the 2026 ceremony.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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This group has qualified for subsidies that cut their insurance costs from the Affordable Care Act insurers since 2021.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The back and forth of favored teams — which also prompted Prime Video to issue a warning and caution viewers against bullying and hate speech ahead of season three premiere — has continued to heat up even after the finale.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Busfield's been a favored player of writer Aaron Sorkin, appearing as White House Correspondent Danny Concannon on The West Wing and Studio 60 director Cal Shanley on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Privileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privileged. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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