How to Use elite in a Sentence
elite
noun
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Trump of course knew that the elite were wrong about him.
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Wallace Shawn,
The New Republic,
29 June 2021
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Whether Tani will one day join the ranks of the chess elite is hard to say.
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The Economist,
5 June 2020
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The rest of the college baseball elite saw that first-hand.
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Jon Meoli,
baltimoresun.com,
8 June 2019
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What was once design for the elite is now coming home to the rest of us.
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Lucia Tonelli,
ELLE Decor,
19 Feb. 2019
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The tri-state elite will soon have a swanky new place to unplug.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Aug. 2022
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Brugge held firm and can dream of upsetting the elite in weeks to come.
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Samindra Kunti,
Forbes,
15 Sep. 2021
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To make a deep playoff run, the Stars will have to beat elite teams.
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Matthew Defranks,
Dallas News,
26 Feb. 2020
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By that point, the venue was hosting a who’s who of rock’s elite.
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Troy L. Smith,
cleveland,
12 Mar. 2021
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And elites still question these efforts to break the silence?
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Will Bunch,
Philly.com,
26 June 2018
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At the time, the galleries were open exclusively to the elite.
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Anton Corbijn,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2018
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For most of that pack of feral elite, this statement is true.
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Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
9 Feb. 2023
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The actions of these young people, and of the elites who run the schools, are more than appalling.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
13 Oct. 2023
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Four young entrepreneurs with a grandiose vision of building a utopia for the tech elite.
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Anne Sraders,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2023
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Patriots believe those elites want the land, the gold, the oil and the coal for themselves.
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John Temple,
The Conversation,
23 Oct. 2019
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For a side with such a miserable away record against the elite, no point is to be sniffed at.
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Jonathan Wilson,
SI.com,
30 Sep. 2019
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These people, the elites know in their hearts, will never learn.
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Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner,
12 Jan. 2024
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Putin and his elites are preparing people for a longer and wider war.
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Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 May 2023
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By now, there has become a clear delineation of the elite of the East.
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Ira Winderman,
sun-sentinel.com,
20 Mar. 2021
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And Mitchell hopes to be listed among that elite grouping one day.
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Nick Moyle,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Oct. 2021
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Sechin is not the only member of the Russian elite who got a yacht seized this week.
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Amiah Taylor,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2022
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The grassroots will lead us back to power — not party elites.
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Andrew O'Reilly,
Fox News,
9 Sep. 2018
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That's it for our less-than-elite eight picks from Ars' staff.
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Ars Staff,
Ars Technica,
2 Jan. 2020
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Newcastle, after years in the muck, is back among the top flight’s elite.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
14 Oct. 2022
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Yet we are told by the ruling classes, the media, and the elite that there is no such scandal.
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Victor Davis Hanson,
National Review,
2 Nov. 2020
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The elite among us will have perfected their own fish-fry batter recipe.
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Outdoor Life,
27 May 2020
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But they are outnumbered by hourly wage workers, who aren’t part of the tech elite.
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Anchorage Daily News,
24 Apr. 2022
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To know Ron Klain, then, is to have entered the power elite.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
24 July 2021
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Both men were buried in lead sarcophagi, which was a practice reserved for the elite.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Dec. 2022
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Rodeo Drive is a place that feels, at once, elite and off-limits.
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Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2021
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At the top end are rarefied spaces reserved for airline elite.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Aug. 2018
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