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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
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appanage
Noun
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said fans seen throwing a tortilla would have their ticket privileges revoked for the rest of the academic year at all Tech sporting events, the AP story noted.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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State statute also makes clear that a witness doesn’t have a right to have an attorney with them.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Previously, OpenAI alone could decide when AGI had been reached, which was seen as a possible leverage point to end or change Microsoft’s rights under their partnership.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The broad fear when Pitchfork was subsumed into GQ was that a glossy fashion magazine’s coziness with the entertainment industry would be at odds with a music-reviewing site’s prerogative to trash bad albums.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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However, that effort has been challenged in court on the grounds that the state mandates infringe on local government prerogatives.—
Stefan Chavez-Norgaard,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Immediately upon returning to office, in January, the president signed an executive order to reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment to ban birthright citizenship, the legality of which is still being debated in the courts.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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The court is also poised to take up a number of cases related to transgender people’s rights, and the Justice Department has petitioned it to review Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Appanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appanage. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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