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also apanage
1
as in privilege
something granted as a special favor
use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate
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2
as in right
something to which one has a just claim
wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage
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Recent Examples of appanage
For everyday purposes, however, Halkbank is a semi-independent appanage of the Turkish government.
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
The states argued that MOHELA, which was created by the Missouri legislature, is a state appanage of sorts and thus gives standing to the state itself.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
The states argued that MOHELA, which was created by the Missouri legislature, is a state appanage of sorts and thus gives standing to the state itself.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appanage
Noun
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But here the focus is on a Black family grappling both with the burdens and privileges of a father’s unique legacy and the difficulty of adapting to changing times and new frontiers of political struggle.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Least privilege remains the goal, but detectability becomes a core requirement.—
Ofir Har-Chen,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Although Alston is often linked by media to name, image and likeness, which derives from the right of publicity, NIL didn’t appear once in the ruling.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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Many of those bases located in the South were given Confederate names in the middle of the 20th Century, at a time when southern states were still restricting the voting and assembly rights of Black Americans through Jim Crow laws.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Even if this accountability is a product of a certain place and time, and even if others deserve it more, our prerogative as a superpower is to demand it.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Supporters of the move argue the department is an example of bloated federal bureaucracy and that its functions should be the prerogative of states, rather than the federal government.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2025
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The poll shows Americans support admitting international students and maintaining birthright citizenship and may be wearying of the president’s mass deportation policies.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Despite the administration's push to roll back birthright citizenship, 70 percent of Americans say the constitutional guarantee should remain in place.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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“Appanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appanage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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