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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
Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Defense lawyers argue the government’s effort amounts to a fishing expedition into privileged legal files and would set a troubling precedent for reviewing old investigative material.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Copernicus famously recognized that the Earth wasn’t a privileged location, and was just an ordinary planet orbiting the Sun like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Federal investigators accused Rozier of revealing privileged information about player availability, which was allegedly used to influence prop bets.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
For those of us privileged to be at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, and surely to many of the millions who watched from afar, the numbness from Game 7 has not worn off.
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Adjective
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Programs for gifted and talented students will also have more leeway on how they are structured.—
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Ten gifted dogs — including a border collie named Basket and a Labrador named Augie — watched their owners hold a new toy and talk to another person about it.—
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Local companies offer half- and full-day excursions to the island and its protected ecosystem.—
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By choosing a jurisdiction with strict privacy laws and tougher limits on photographing children, Clooney is effectively arbitraging legal regimes the way multinational corporations arbitrage tax codes—only here the protected asset is family life, not corporate profit.—
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Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot winners can decide on cash or annuity payment within 60 days after becoming entitled to the prize.—
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The Commonwealth argues in the complaint that Cook is not entitled to the money due to being terminated for cause.—
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Ahmad Moten was fortunate not to be called for what was clearly a late hit.—
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At this point, chalk it up to a bad deal all around that Bryant was fortunate to come out the other side of in fairly good shape.—
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He has been released to the Department of Juvenile Justice for secure detention.—
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Those who charge that mail ballots are not secure undermine confidence in elections, without proof, and discourage participation, erode trust, and weaken the very foundations of self-government.—
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The auditing firm’s report, authorized by the Statewide Charter School Board in July, could provide some answers.—
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Since the Palisades Fire, 17 positions have been authorized for hire.—
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Chevron Knitted Chunky Throw Blanket Give the gift of warmth with this ultra-soft chunky throw blanket that’ll wrap the lucky recipient in a luxurious cocoon.—
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The usual Saturday full of big money Florida Lottery draw games — Cash4Life, Florida Lotto, Fantasy 5, Powerball — came up lucky in a major way for only one player and on the day’s first draw.—
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Mater Dei and Sierra Canyon, like all teams that reach the CIF-SS girls volleyball finals, have qualified for the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs.—
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Both Gauff and Pegula are two of the top eight Women’s Tennis Association singles players who qualified to compete in the WTA Finals.—
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“Privileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privileged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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