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[en-tahyt-l] / ɛnˈtaɪt l /




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Teachers don’t need a master’s in education to teach, though collective-bargaining agreements sometimes entitle them to pay raises if they get one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Just following this process would entitle employers’ decisions to “significant deference” from the courts — a “safe harbor,” or legal shield, meant to guard those decisions from challenge.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

A class action lawsuit which could entitle millions in the UK to a share of a £3bn claim against Apple is set to proceed to trial.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

“The idea was always, I pay the property owner, someone pays me rent, I more or less break even and I have time to entitle the property for something bigger.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

That’s how long Chacko and Rahel had to wait for the pink receipt that would entitle them to collect Ammu’s remains.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Whether that entitles him to the money is less cut and dried, attorneys say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

With nothing left in her garden, Musole took the deal, which also entitles her to 11 pounds of cornmeal, a staple of local diets, every month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

The courts have established that making a charitable gift is a protected free speech activity that entitles donors to certain privacy rights.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

The parents argued that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment entitles them to these accommodations.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025

“Unless you find something else I’m afraid you will have to go back to the front when you are through with your jaundice. I don’t believe self-inflicted jaundice entitles you to a convalescent leave.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

“I would be foolish, or I would feel entitled, if I didn’t expect there to be disappointment,” McDaniel said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

He said the owner of the image was entitled to bring legal action, including an injunction to stop any further use of the image, damages for lost income and cover of their legal costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under the country’s Law of Return, any Jew or person with a single Jewish grandparent is generally entitled to Israeli citizenship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

First in HM Prison Belmarsh and then in HM Prison Weyland, Archer used his incarceration profitably - by writing a three-volume account of his time inside entitled My Prison Diary.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

As I step over the threshold, I feel I am entitled to happiness, even if my best friend is acting weird and making me paranoid.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

A pasta PSA: After a yearslong hiatus, Olive Garden is selling 10,000 Never-Ending Pasta Passes on Thursday, entitling buyers to 13 weeks of unlimited pasta, soup, salad, and breadsticks.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

In addition to the cash consideration, Theravance shareholders will receive contingent value rights entitling them to 80% of net proceeds from any future license, divestiture or other monetization of ampreloxetine within the next 10 years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

He retained a sense of humour about the incident, later entitling his memoir 'Here Today, Gone Tomorrow'.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

“Failure to pay Mr. Zeidman the $5 million prize was a breach of the contract, entitling him to recover.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

There at another desk I was handed a railway pass entitling me to transportation through Germany to the Dutch border.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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