Collocations withelite
These are words often used in combination withelite.
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business elite
They worry that, amid democratization, the state has weakened and the business elite has become too powerful.
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cultural elite
They all represent the speech of the cultural elite in the country, meaning people with post-secondary education.
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economic elite
All these problems were located outside the sphere of action of the economic elite.
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educated elite
This reform involves educated elite and middle-class women.
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elite athlete
The race includes both elite athlete and fun runners, and there is also a shorter 7.5 km race.
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elite force
We want neighbourhood police to be seen as an elite force, not as a second division.
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elite level
First, the lack of the pillar of minority overrepresentation increased tensions and undermined elite level cooperation.
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elite player
He's become an elite player of the competition.
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elite status
As evidenced by the rumors that spread throughout groups of ex-soldiers, many askaris saw membership as the key to maintaining elite status.
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elite troops
They also figured prominently in the armament of small groups of royal or elite troops.
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elite unit
This elite unit existed between 1016 and 1066.
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intellectual elite
Finally, leadership within an ideology is typically in the hands of an intellectual elite.
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landed elite
At the top of the spectrum sat the landed elite.
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local elite
Of course this local elite did not exist in a vacuum.
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political elite
Imagine a political elite confronting the prospect of social unrest.
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ruling elite
The ruling elite was greatly concerned with this unrest.
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traditional elite
These are not the traditional elite families.
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urban elite
A high proportion of them - although not all of them - came from the urban elite.
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wealthy elite
Female members of wealthy elite households were sometimes appointed as overseers of their family endowments.
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