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dues

noun

plural of due

as in privileges

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The same judge found Romo guilty of the OWI charge and took away his driving privileges for six months.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Being Chicago’s hometown airline — and shouting about it a lot — affords United Airlines certain privileges.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of privileges

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All the austerity options—cutting spending, reforming entitlements, or raising taxes are measures politicians are reluctant to embrace before an election.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
That structure draws on capabilities Lowery Company has used across its broader development work, from feasibility and site acquisition through entitlements, design coordination, construction management and operations.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of entitlements

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The genre, with its sanitized storylines and Oscar-baiting pretensions, seems fundamentally at odds with the iconoclastic chef and television personality.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Like Paul Schrader’s 1982 version of the latter, this is an upscale genre piece whose pretensions towards Art are upfront, starting with a quotation from no less than Schopenhauer.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of pretensions

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The strategic mistake of invading Iraq on false pretenses was then compounded by tactical errors.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Johnson created the story of Nancy (Emilia Jones), who is not a girlfriend, but a crush who Bourdain foolhardily (and under false pretenses) follows to Provincetown after not getting a writing fellowship.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026

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