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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
Each Participant acknowledges and agrees that such Participant will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of any Search Entity’s use of any such similar or identical material.
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Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Here’s an exclusive look at the chapter entitled Bruce Springsteen Sends in The Goons.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Why didn’t Tania just get one of her fellow Council wokesters to hire her shiftless, entitled kin?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
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Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Here’s an exclusive look at the chapter entitled Bruce Springsteen Sends in The Goons.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Why didn’t Tania just get one of her fellow Council wokesters to hire her shiftless, entitled kin?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitled
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In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
1 Oct. 2025
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One senior manager, who did not want to be named as he is not authorized to speak publicly about internal matters, said his chat threads lit up.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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One senior manager, who did not want to be named as he is not authorized to speak publicly about internal matters, said his chat threads lit up.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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She was also named a Messenger of Peace by the United Nations in 2002.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Until now, that achievement was qualified by the fragmented nature of some of their performances.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The win automatically qualified her for Part 3 during Sunday's season finale.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The skull appears to have belonged to an early hominin species called Homo longi, which genetic evidence indicates lived alongside Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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One of these challenges is something called executive dysfunction.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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These businessmen, these people, who were empowered by the government.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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The idea of a faculty committee empowered to vet scholarly publications for racial bias has, ineluctably, a Star Chamber vibe.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the days following the murders, police detained teen Maurice Pierce, who was carrying a pistol matching the caliber used in what the media dubbed the Yogurt Shop Murders.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Bedoya said the residence is dubbed Asolare, which in Italian means to pass time in a delightful, leisurely way.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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During the latest protests in Indonesia, authorities confiscated banners and labeled them treasonous.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Young men are being labeled—and mocked—for taking on a persona that doesn’t conform to the traditional masculine stereotype, even though the traditional masculine stereotype is equally performative.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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Brown, the Executive Director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, titled the section A Permeable South, intentionally resisting narrow definitions of the region.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Common also titled a song on 2000’s Like Water for Chocolate after her.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Entitled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitled. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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