Example Sentences

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His children, who had privileged upbringings and were educated overseas, will have no trouble fending for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Another investigation is trying to establish whether the consultancy firm had privileged treatment in winning lucrative government contracts.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022

In another conversation, on June 19, Woodward asked the president about White privilege, noting that they were both White men of the same generation who had privileged upbringings.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020

Teare had privileged her own impressions of the videotape over those of the jury, they said.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2017

Unseen, from two stories up, with the benefit of unambiguous sunlight, she had privileged access across the years to adult behavior, to rites and conventions she knew nothing about, as yet.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan