elite
noun
the choicest or best of anything considered collectively, especially of a group or class of people.
elites
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pluralof elite.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Kaspersen describes Rachel Entrekin's historic victory at Cocodona 250, one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the world, as an "inspiration" among the elites to "dare to try".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
What I found is that this is not just a protest of one project in one area by one couple of American elites.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Dubbed a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country, shining a spotlight on murky links between Malta's business and political elites.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Everywhere, rulers and elites sprang up, living off the peasants’ surplus food and leaving them with only a bare subsistence.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
