entitlement
Example Sentences
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As the government seeks to control rapidly rising costs, this will mean a smaller proportion of children will retain their legal entitlement to support.
From BBC
Neither British passports or certificates of entitlement are automatically issued to people who obtain citizenship, which means some dual nationals have never applied for them, even if they have lived in the UK for decades.
From BBC
The government has insisted current support and legal entitlements will not be removed, but has not ruled out future changes to the system.
From BBC
“We understand the gravity of the situation and the entitlement of every individual to the right to a fair trial,” Kittredge said.
Those wins come from a combination of tax and entitlement reform, wholesale deregulation, the administration’s disruption of a calcified budget process, and some spending leadership in Congress.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
