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as in authorized
to give a right to
the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens
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as in named
to give a name to
apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers
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Recent Examples of entitled
According to the ruling, Paris, 28, is entitled to attorneys' fees and costs.
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Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Agan objected and demanded a hearing, something tenured California public school teachers facing termination are entitled to.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
The minister told the conductor his ticket class entitled him to access.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
If the court’s decision holds, anyone who was charged penalties for failing to pay their taxes or filing their returns late during the period when the disaster declaration was in effect and in the 60 days that followed may be entitled to a refund.
—Connor Greene, Time, 11 May 2026
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Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Agan objected and demanded a hearing, something tenured California public school teachers facing termination are entitled to.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
The minister told the conductor his ticket class entitled him to access.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
If the court’s decision holds, anyone who was charged penalties for failing to pay their taxes or filing their returns late during the period when the disaster declaration was in effect and in the 60 days that followed may be entitled to a refund.
—Connor Greene, Time, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for entitled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitled
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The Supreme Court opinion says that the legislation that authorized the new maps would be paused from the day the referendum campaign turned in signatures if the referendum effort is green-lit.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Additionally, contractors have removed trees that they were authorized to take down.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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An agriculture teacher at Harmony Middle School in Osceola County was named one of five finalists for Florida’s Teacher of the Year award, the Florida Department of Education announced Monday.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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After going 12-2 during the season, and getting wins in the playoffs over the Pittsburgh Steelers and then-Oakland Raiders, Morton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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All four of those teams would have qualified for a 24-team CFP.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The distribution of the top singles players in the sport is pretty apparent here, with the 8 women who qualified for the Tour Finals distributed amongst the top seven teams ranked here.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has called it discriminatory and counterproductive.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Although the task is daunting, Williams said JTNWI feels supported and empowered in the fight for transparency and community protection because of how many organizations statewide are fighting for the same.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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In Haiti, meanwhile, gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered.—
David Fischer,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Last month, legislative leaders blocked Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s third attempt to get a single-payer system, dubbed CalCare, adopted, shelving the San Jose Democrat’s Assembly Bill 1900 without a hearing.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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The new program, dubbed the Golden State Start, will launch this summer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Football superstar Eric Cantona, the poetic yet pugilistic French striker who played best for English club Manchester United in the 1990s, gets the whole the-man-the-myth-the-legend treatment in the starkly if aptly titled documentary Cantona.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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And if anyone was hoping for a different ending to this saga, Gabaldon has been working on the 10th and final main novel of the series, titled A Blessing For a Warrior Going Out, that has yet to be released.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Ships receiving oil then continue to ports in China or elsewhere, with the product labeled as an export from a third country, like Malaysia or Indonesia.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Satisfy the seafood lovers at your potluck with this shrimp casserole, but be sure it's labeled for attendees with shellfish allergies.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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“Entitled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitled. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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