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as in right
something to which one has a just claim
the promotion is his birthright, after the work he put in
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Recent Examples of birthright
He's tried to effectively end birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the 14th Amendment and has been upheld repeatedly by the Supreme Court.
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The executive order sent shock waves through immigrant communities, many of whom have relied on birthright citizenship to secure a future for their children in the United States.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Other cases, from Trump’s effort to revoke birthright citizenship to his unilateral termination of federal programs, are headed for ultimate adjudication by the Supreme Court.
—Carl Leubsdorf, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in May about his order seeking to revoke birthright citizenship.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The executive order sent shock waves through immigrant communities, many of whom have relied on birthright citizenship to secure a future for their children in the United States.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Other cases, from Trump’s effort to revoke birthright citizenship to his unilateral termination of federal programs, are headed for ultimate adjudication by the Supreme Court.
—Carl Leubsdorf, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in May about his order seeking to revoke birthright citizenship.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthright
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Ultimately, The Phoenician Scheme is a story about inheritance, literal and metaphorical.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Van Rappard’s potential departure underscores earlier concerns that the U.K. could see an exodus of wealthy individuals after the Labour government adopted a series of reforms that increases taxes on capital gains and inheritances, while ending a preferential regime for non-domiciled residents.—
Robert Olsen,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Earlier this year President Trump signed an executive order which seeks to restrict this right, which was established by the 14th Amendment in 1868.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The country, only 75 years old, was bitterly torn apart by competing views on whether the practice of slavery was a legal right or a mortal sin.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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President Abraham Lincoln controversially suspended writ privilege nationally early in the Civil War, but Congress subsequently enacted a law permitting suspension in March 1863.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Apply principles of least privilege for specific assets and user roles.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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But how exactly state judges should balance their prerogative to run their courtrooms without federal interference and federal officials' prerogative to enforce immigration law remains ambiguous.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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With countless examples like St. Louis, Congress should consider legislation to help empower criminal juries to exercise their full measure of powers and prerogatives and better equip them to play their historic injustice-preventing role in our breathtakingly punitive criminal justice system.—
Mike Fox,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthright. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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