privileged position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprivilegedandposition
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privileged
adjective
uk/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒd/us/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒd/
having ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofprivilegedandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprivileged position
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Two aspects of this newlyprivilegedpositionare examined.
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To which body shall we concede thisprivilegedposition?
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As such, the favored theory is in aprivilegedposition.
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Ethicists, although making important contributions in some cases, do not have aprivilegedposition.
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They also used theirprivilegedpositionto restrict access to the sacred.
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Can anyone be in aprivilegedpositionto answer such a question?
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Neither the psychologist nor the archaeologist is in aprivilegedpositionto supply the proper domain.
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His is aprivilegedposition.
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Reference to a 'liberation fund' highlights the (relatively)privilegedpositionof the coffee workers on the city's waterfront.
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Serious methodologists do not, in fact, claim aprivilegedpositionfrom which to legislate the practice of economics.
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As a creative mental activity, fiction is in theprivilegedpositionof admitting readers to diverse subjective perspectives and views.
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To be sure, the public is constituted in part by politicians whoseprivilegedpositionmay allow them to shape it.
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The purpose of this alliance was for each party to maintain aprivilegedpositionin domestic politics and society.
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The idea of a cosmos centred on our unique andprivilegedpositionin space-time became more and more preposterous.
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In particular, it cannot be used to guide practices from aprivilegedpositionabove all practices and contexts.
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The unelected head, despite itsprivilegedposition, cannot ignore the results of elections or the powers of the elected head.
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But the official, public role that primary voters play is likely to put them in aprivilegedposition.
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They keep on in theirprivilegedposition.
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We are in a veryprivilegedposition.
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He is in aprivilegedposition.
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I am speaking in aprivilegedposition.
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It gives them a specialprivilegedposition.
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They are put in aprivilegedposition.
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We are not in aprivilegedposition.
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