special privilege
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Opponents charged that serving his sentence in a hospital was a special privilege.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
General Services Administration, the court reaffirmed and broadened the original Nixon rationale for recognizing a president’s special privilege to block access to hard information about official decision-making:
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022
In short, if you believe Djokovic wasn’t granted a special privilege, Tiley has some oceanfront land in the Outback he would like to sell you.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
"No other industry enjoys that amount of special privilege."
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2021
In the space of five weeks he had become an afterthought whose past performance earned no special privilege and seemed largely forgotten.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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