entitlement
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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
The developers called the possibility of switching sites a “red herring” because it would require them to restart a multi-year entitlement process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
In a statement, the NI Assembly said MLAs charging EVs at Parliament Buildings "does not affect entitlement to travel allowances".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
That’s nearly as large as the $31 trillion of all publicly held federal debt, Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The character has to project entitlement, a whiff of corrosive self-regard.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
More than half of the calls have been about pay and other contractual entitlements while in the war zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The panel has called on leaders to provide extra support for single-parent families, such as more paid leave; and to consider extending existing leave entitlements to grandparents and other family members who take care-giving roles.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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
It was, as you might suppose, a person of antiquarian pursuits who said this, but, since he merely appears in this prologue, there is no need to give his entitlements.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
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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