as in honors
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 entitles
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 privileges
Scott Alldridge,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
What’s more, criminal convictions and restrictions on doctors’ hospital privileges are nowhere to be found, despite state law requiring the information be publicly available.
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Carrie Teegardin,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
Residents get access to a spa, a pool deck, a wine and sound bar, concierge services, a karaoke room, a VR simulator room, and beach club privileges.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, Isaeus, a Greek lawyer from around that same time, described men and women according to their different privileges under the law.
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Ky Merkley,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
This makes the privileges of being a British royal seem more stark.
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Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Now, the two members' privileges have been revoked.
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Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
In some cases, hunters can also lose their hunting privileges for up to five years.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
After someone puts themself on the exclusion list, casinos must deny them gaming privileges, the council said.
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Cnn.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Today’s structure typically privileges wealthier and long-term homeowners over new owners and renters.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation, meaning it can be chained to a separate vulnerability to give users or processes with low-level privileges the ability to defeat OS protections and gain full SYSTEM rights needed to install malware.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Rodin’s watercolored drawings—more than 150 of them—translate Khmer dance into line and velocity by catching the dancers’ limbs midair, aligning them with a modern sculptural tradition that privileges movement as form.
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Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
The Amish belief system privileges the notion that when individuals highly esteem certain innovations, religious purity may erode.
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Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
In the entryway, a portrait of the client’s grandmother hangs above a centuries-old butcher-block table, setting a tone that privileges memory alongside materiality.
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Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Valentine reframes common myths about safety in public space through the experiences of women in a society that privileges personal responsibility over collective care.
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JSTOR Daily,
14 Nov. 2025
At the same time, the Brotherhood discourages any worldly attachment that privileges one person over another person, or over God.
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Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
Too many organizations still handle these carelessly, with credentials baked into code, privileges that are far too broad, secrets shared across systems, or tokens that live forever.
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Scott Alldridge,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
What’s more, criminal convictions and restrictions on doctors’ hospital privileges are nowhere to be found, despite state law requiring the information be publicly available.
—
Carrie Teegardin,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
Residents get access to a spa, a pool deck, a wine and sound bar, concierge services, a karaoke room, a VR simulator room, and beach club privileges.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, Isaeus, a Greek lawyer from around that same time, described men and women according to their different privileges under the law.
—
Ky Merkley,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
This makes the privileges of being a British royal seem more stark.
—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Now, the two members' privileges have been revoked.
—
Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
In some cases, hunters can also lose their hunting privileges for up to five years.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
After someone puts themself on the exclusion list, casinos must deny them gaming privileges, the council said.
—
Cnn.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Verb
Jenkin privileges atmosphere through the collection of minute, sometimes abstract details.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Today’s structure typically privileges wealthier and long-term homeowners over new owners and renters.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation, meaning it can be chained to a separate vulnerability to give users or processes with low-level privileges the ability to defeat OS protections and gain full SYSTEM rights needed to install malware.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Rodin’s watercolored drawings—more than 150 of them—translate Khmer dance into line and velocity by catching the dancers’ limbs midair, aligning them with a modern sculptural tradition that privileges movement as form.
—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
The Amish belief system privileges the notion that when individuals highly esteem certain innovations, religious purity may erode.
—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
In the entryway, a portrait of the client’s grandmother hangs above a centuries-old butcher-block table, setting a tone that privileges memory alongside materiality.
—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Valentine reframes common myths about safety in public space through the experiences of women in a society that privileges personal responsibility over collective care.
—
JSTOR Daily,
14 Nov. 2025
At the same time, the Brotherhood discourages any worldly attachment that privileges one person over another person, or over God.
—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privileges
Noun
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Sharp earned Big 12 Conference Al-Defensive Team and Big 12 tournament MVP honors as a junior.
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In 2025, the Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg, who won Rookie of the Year honors this past season.
Verb
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The lesson of Taylor is not that holding a powerful office entitles someone to go unchallenged.
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At the time, according to the New York Times, Sotheby’s was selling the work without a guarantee, an agreement that entitles the seller to a sum whether or not the work finds a buyer.
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The legal boundaries of who qualifies as a Parsi are relatively recent for a sect that’s millennia old.
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Deutch, so great as Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s valentine to Godard, Nouvelle Vague, runs the gamut of emotions in this one, a performance that works on every level and a knockout that qualifies her a spot in the rom-com hall of fame alongside Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Ryan.
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The contract also authorizes Brooks Pierce to retain Fitzpatrick Communications to provide public relations counsel in connection with the investigation.
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The Education Department seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing the termination is final and current law no longer authorizes these plans.
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