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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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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
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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
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The movement also alleged that the company pays its workers low wages and suppresses workers' rights and union efforts.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Another unanswered question from Monday’s announcement is whether part of the rights fees would need to be reinvested in streaming capabilities.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The growing preponderance of gray dads marks both the prerogatives of maleness and greater gender equality.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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If New Balance wants to overpay him in an effort to carve out market share, that’s its prerogative under the laws of capitalism.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 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
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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 6 Jul. 2025.
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