special privilege
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Societies across the world valued gold as a symbol of divinity, immortality, and authority; its rarity made it a special privilege to behold and possess.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
About 40% of lawmakers — nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans — surveyed said they didn’t intend to assert a special privilege to withhold their emails and other records, without equivocating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
No one bought Tiley’s claim that Djokovic wasn’t being granted a special privilege.
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
