entitlement
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Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
More than 80% of federal spending went to national defense, entitlement programs and interest payments on the federal debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s the country’s largest entitlement program and the single largest line item in the federal budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But when other people are taking care of business, that can, as you suggest, give beneficiaries a feeling of entitlement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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
The three-member panel, external was set up with the sole remit of setting MLAs' pay and pension entitlements.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The novel follows David’s journey to the appointment, which involves private jets, luxe hotels and other entitlements of a wealthy man making his exit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
BBC Scotland News understands those who choose to leave the firm will receive £10,000 on top of their statutory redundancy entitlements.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The bureau on Friday set an upper limit for how much water it can cut from the entitlements of the downstream states in the coming years: 3 million acre-feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I hav'nt my visitin' cyard with me, but if I had 'em heah you'd find my entitlements, on readin', was somethin' lak this: Miss Maria Conway, of Zion!”
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore
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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