Noun the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools the country's elite owned or controlled most of the wealth
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With the degree that the two countries interpenetrate each other’s elite and intelligence establishments, think the Russian military couldn’t get a kill shot on President Volodymyr Zelensky? Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 But Wu worries that Beijing’s anger toward Pelosi’s visit may sunder the delicate connections between Taiwan’s business and political elite and mainland leaders. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022 This is a transformation of the DNA of the cultures and polities of these countries in a very similar way that Iran's DNA itself was transformed by the revolutionary elite and the Revolutionary Guard.CBS News, 3 Nov. 2021 The ‘crudités’ line has played into the Fetterman campaign’s portrayal of Mr. Oz as an out-of-touch elite. Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 But the move by a business mogul who famously lent his private jet to the prime minister-elect after Modi’s 2014 election triumph stunned India’s liberal elite, threw the broadcaster’s staff into upheaval and surprised even NDTV’s founders. Niha Masih, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 The slick duplex in question occupies a prime position within a landmarked Tribeca building that houses the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and other Hollywood elite. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022 Credit Suisse’s decades of dueling with the titans of Wall Street for a place among the bulge-bracket investment bank elite are potentially over. Myriam Balezou, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022 As opposed to the Regan nuptials, which attracted a who’s who of Boston’s political and business elite, this wedding was a decidedly low-key affair, with only about 75 people. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 See More
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French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine of eslit, past participle of eslire to choose, from Latin eligere