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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Judges have recently blocked or suspended efforts by the Trump administration to ban transgender people from the military, abolish the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and to place restrictions on birthright citizenship.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Since returning to office, courts have blocked or delayed over 100 of his executive actions, including on immigration, federal workforce cuts, and birthright citizenship.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
In the first three months of his term, district judges have issued seventeen nationwide injunctions, blocking executive orders that, among other things, sought to end birthright citizenship, defund the Department of Education, and ban transgender people from serving in the military.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Trump is attempting to deny birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, to babies born to parents who aren’t citizens or lawful permanent residents.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Since returning to office, courts have blocked or delayed over 100 of his executive actions, including on immigration, federal workforce cuts, and birthright citizenship.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
In the first three months of his term, district judges have issued seventeen nationwide injunctions, blocking executive orders that, among other things, sought to end birthright citizenship, defund the Department of Education, and ban transgender people from serving in the military.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Trump is attempting to deny birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, to babies born to parents who aren’t citizens or lawful permanent residents.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthright. Accessed 7 May. 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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