appanage

variants 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. 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
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Noun
  • Even a lifetime of swimming privileges – depending on the size of the lawn, a year’s worth of maintenance at a home that’s not yours is quite a big ask.
    Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025
  • Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons where privileges had been suspended and inmate movements restricted because of a statewide surge in violence.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the rights office was not able to attribute responsibility for the killings.
    WAFAA SHURAFA, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
  • But advocates for migrants, LGBTQ+ rights activists and others were left shaking their heads and vowing to find other ways to keep fighting on issues that went against them.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Protecting that energy is your professional prerogative.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Not that Leonard casts judgment; that is neither his prerogative nor his shtick.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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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.
    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

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“Appanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appanage. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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