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- verb Present participle of
privilege .
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Examples
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United States policy makers are not alone amongst developed countries in privileging the interests of rights holders over consumers.
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United States policy makers are not alone amongst developed countries in privileging the interests of rights holders over consumers.
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There is certainly no moral difference in privileging one child over another. and that is where I think we are going to differ: the first line of aid is always going to be focused on those who can take advantage of opportunities first, without being “penalized” for some geographical bad luck when they and their families have other abilities that would be otherwise ground out of them without access to a functioning school system.
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The wrong is in privileging merchants with our liberty, for then pejoratives of pirates and piracy are the inevitable result as those named as such assert their natural liberty.
I, Pirate … 2009
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There is certainly no moral difference in privileging one child over another.
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They have insisted, moreover, that pedagogy and culture and politics be just as seized with the primacy of these distinctions and with the resulting "privileging" that allegedly haunts every aspect of our social relations.
"Adventures in Identity Politics." Ann Althouse 2008
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They have insisted, moreover, that pedagogy and culture and politics be just as seized with the primacy of these distinctions and with the resulting 'privileging' that allegedly haunts every aspect of our social relations.
Political Diary 2008
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Scalia isn't "privileging" the legislative record over any other kind of public materials e.g., newspapers, Air America transcripts, etc. as a basis for interpreting statutory language.
"I'm sure that there are some conservatives out there who break out in hives when they hear a judge talking about activism." Ann Althouse 2006
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But the Left is appalled at "privileging" marriage over casual relationships, cohabitation, or "hooking up."
Latest Articles 2010
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But the Left is appalled at "privileging" marriage over casual relationships, cohabitation, or "hooking up."
Latest Articles 2010
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