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elite group

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Noun1.elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
elite
upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
elect, chosen - an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
cream, pick - the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
clerisy, intelligentsia - an educated and intellectual elite
beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society - the fashionable elite
few - a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles
technocrat - an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group


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He joins an elite group of attorneys nationally recognized for their leadership and professional excellence.
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation by Real Estate Weekly
The evolution of an elite group of catch wrestlers and their sometimes-brutal achievements is covered in a fine survey which also explores promotion, gambling, audience influence on the sport's evolution, and much more.
Catch Wrestling by Donovan, Diane C. / MBR Bookwatch
is basically the only industrialized country that doesn't have an elite group of centralized national bureaucrats running the country's education system and forcing many elementary and secondary students on educational tracks that define the rest of their lives--France and Japan being the worst examples.
Fixing America's schools by Giuntini, Ron / Chief Executive (U.S.)
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