birthright
noun
birth·right
ˈbərth-ˌrīt 
: a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth
Examples of birthright in a Sentence
the freedom that is our birthright
believed that the house was her birthright
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For others, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights nonprofit, Stein is closer to an extremist, spreading nativist ideas in a country freshly open to what were previously fringe ideas about mass deportations and eliminating birthright citizenship.
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 June 2025
Specifically, the Trump plan for ending birthright citizenship would increase the unauthorized population by 2.7 million by 2045 and by 5.4 million by 2075, according to a Migration Policy Institute-Penn State analysis.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 19 June 2025
The high court is reviewing the birthright citizenship case, but with a focus on a procedural question, not the merits of Mr. Trump’s order, which lower courts have found to be unconstitutional.
—Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
Left: American flags are seen during a protest outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2025.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 June 2025
Specifically, the Trump plan for ending birthright citizenship would increase the unauthorized population by 2.7 million by 2045 and by 5.4 million by 2075, according to a Migration Policy Institute-Penn State analysis.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 19 June 2025
The high court is reviewing the birthright citizenship case, but with a focus on a procedural question, not the merits of Mr. Trump’s order, which lower courts have found to be unconstitutional.
—Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
Left: American flags are seen during a protest outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2025.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for birthright
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthright. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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birthright
noun
birth·right
-ˌrīt
: a right or possession that a person is entitled to by birth
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