rightfully
Example Sentences
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“We have no interest in developing anything that’s not rightfully or legally ours to develop,” Abehsera told the Journal in 2024 when asked about the disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
And he has rightfully made it a lot closer than most people expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
These raise fundamental questions about what kind of society we want to live in — and they should rightfully be decided by the people who will live in it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"The Democratic Republic of the Congo's mineral wealth rightfully belongs to the Congolese people."
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
I blamed Vonetta and not Fern, since I didn’t want the world to learn we didn’t rightfully know our mother.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
