rightful

Example Sentences

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If the money originally came from a compromised account, the rightful owner will eventually flag the transaction as fraudulent.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Airport employees were quickly on-hand to return the animal to its rightful place in the great outdoors.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

“We could see that she was being misrepresented and denied her rightful place in history.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Maduro, who has led Venezuela since 2013, also asserted that he is still the rightful leader of the South American nation.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

“It would be no more possible to determine the rightful owner of that velocipede than it would be to determine the origins of those three remarkable pupils of yours.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood