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as in gifted
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as in protected
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as in entitled
to give a right to
only professionals who meet the education and experience requirements set by law are privileged to use the title "interior designer" in Oklahoma
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Recent Examples of privileged
Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
Still, the administration should prevail for the reasons best articulated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio: An alien privileged to reside in the United States, even a green-card holder, should not be able to engage in activities that would form a legal basis to ...
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 10 Mar. 2025
Furman also granted a request from Khalil's lawyers to have privileged conversations with him at least twice.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The judge granted a request from Khalil's lawyers to allow at least one privileged phone call with him a day on both Wednesday and Thursday.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
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Russia, meanwhile, is suspicious of China’s growing economic influence in Central Asia, which the Kremlin considers its own privileged sphere.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
Still, the administration should prevail for the reasons best articulated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio: An alien privileged to reside in the United States, even a green-card holder, should not be able to engage in activities that would form a legal basis to ...
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 10 Mar. 2025
Furman also granted a request from Khalil's lawyers to have privileged conversations with him at least twice.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The judge granted a request from Khalil's lawyers to allow at least one privileged phone call with him a day on both Wednesday and Thursday.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privileged
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The Tenenbaums were once a family of brilliant prodigies, each destined for greatness: Chas (Ben Stiller) was a financial whiz, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) a gifted playwright and Richie (Luke Wilson) a tennis champion.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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On the team, there were gifted cameramen, and there were those without talent.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The book, entitled Promemoria (Sending Out an SOS), is EMA’s synthesis of his years of artistic reflection and advocacy.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2024
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Federal, state or local government employees are not entitled to the new leave.—
Acacia Squires,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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The crowd at Kauffman Stadium for opening day was full of children fortunate enough to be on spring break to see the Royals play the Guardians, along with adults passing on their own love of the spring tradition.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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One thing that’s fortunate is that as much as Boygenius fans loved you together, and not everybody got to see a show, the vast majority want just as much to hear the solo records that are coming.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Back Up Important Data Keep secure backups of important files and system states.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Slice a chicken breast almost in half, tuck a slice of Boursin inside, wrap with bacon, secure with a wooden pick, and bake at 375°F in a casserole dish until cooked through, about 35 minutes.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Attorneys for New Jersey argued that even a partial remand meant the program was no longer authorized by federal regulators, and that a lack of clarity regarding pollution mitigation should in and of itself be enough to order a temporary pause on the program.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Franklin also said Robinson could not take raises away once they had already been authorized.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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The Horizon In case there is any doubt, political consumerism is on the rise and boycotts seem to be the favored means of expressing it.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The book’s heroes, a quartet of lifelong friends from King’s favored town of Derry, contend with the alien invaders in the woods of Maine amid an overwhelming blizzard, which gives the story its suitably chilling backdrop.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Very lucky, since SKATE left me with 399 words and LINER only cut that to 49.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The crime film will be lucky to even crack the top five in its debut.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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Ten days on the training pitches with a clutch of friendly games enabled Nuno to get across his ideas and to forge an ‘us against the world’ mentality.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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That shift is enabled by Sam, who really does see her, and—better—sees someone worth knowing.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Privileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privileged. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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