entitlement
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“Your benefits may begin the first month in which the later marriage ends if all entitlement requirements are met.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Like Scotland, Japan and Germany have systems which base entitlement to personal social care mainly on people's care needs rather than their ability to pay.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The difference shapes whether you see success as an entitlement or as yours to create.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the DNA of the Barbary wars exists throughout American military history, a cocktail of entitlement, bravado and hypocrisy flavored with desperate violence.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
That’s entitlement: his mother permits that casual incivility because she wants him to learn to assert himself with people in positions of authority.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The unusual feature here, unique among entitlements in the world’s major economies, is that Congress is required to try.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Drivers should make sure they had the right entitlements, were properly trained and took regular breaks, a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Any security mitigation, however, will bump up against the fact that those entitlements are what make agents so useful in the first place.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Efforts to deal with fiscal policy, entitlements and other critical issues have floundered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
We cut $255 billion in spending, including entitlements, in over 340 separate budget items.
From State of the Union Address by William Jefferson Clinton
Vocabulary lists containing entitlement
A Word's-Eye View of the Primetime GOP Debate (Aug. 6, 2015)
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Top Ten Most Relevant Words from the Third Republican Debate, October 28, 2015
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U.S. Government - Middle School and High School
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