1
as in to authorize
to give a right to
the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens
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2
as in to name
to give a name to
apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers
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Recent Examples of entitle
An 18-karat-gold toilet entitled America will be the star of a Sotheby’s auction this November.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
But now, Gilligan has finally cashed in the blank check to which he’s been long entitled.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
If the player declines the qualifying offer, his previous team is entitled to an extra draft pick as compensation.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which was passed during the last government shutdown, federal workers who are furloughed during a lapse in government funding are entitled to backpay for any hours logged during a shutdown.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
But now, Gilligan has finally cashed in the blank check to which he’s been long entitled.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
If the player declines the qualifying offer, his previous team is entitled to an extra draft pick as compensation.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which was passed during the last government shutdown, federal workers who are furloughed during a lapse in government funding are entitled to backpay for any hours logged during a shutdown.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitle
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The forthcoming projects are authorized by Shakur’s daughter, Kakuya Shakur, and produced and co-directed by the sister-brother filmmaking team through their banner, Indigo Films.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Owner Ray Davis authorized massive contracts to Corey Seager and Marcus Semien in hopes of making the club competitive, but then held the reins tight after the team won the World Series in 2023.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons and Kalmaegi made landfall as the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane – the 20th named storm to impact the country this year, according to local officials.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Six Central and North American teams scratched, leaving Cuba to qualify.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This tax incentive enables businesses to immediately deduct 100% of the cost of qualifying assets, such as machinery and vehicles, rather than spreading the deduction over several years.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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But at this point, desperate times call for desperate measures, and that’s where this two win team is.—
Omar Kelly
Updated October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Crowdsourced review website Yelp called on to its elite members to rank the best places to get chocolate treats in the United States, and the reviews say one of the top spots is in Kansas City.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Rather than rob the story of its teeth, this enabled me to explore the pain, loneliness and personal demons of my characters with sympathy rather than stinging bite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement On the Democratic side, Virginia’s legislature has begun the complicated process of working to amend the state constitution to enable redistricting.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 1984, Whelchel was nominated for a Grammy for her Christian music album, All Because of You.—
Michele Corriston,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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He's released three albums and been nominated for multiple international awards.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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He’s not permitted to possess firearms, explosive devices, pyrotechnics, lasers or flashlights.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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These elements might’ve felt like less of a stretch if the director’s screenplay permitted more flight into fantasy.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The defense outlet Naval News reported that the submarine class proposed for the Philippine navy, currently designated KSS-III PN, is a variant of South Korea's KSS-III Batch-II class, of which the Northeast Asian country recently launched a new vessel.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Discovered using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the flare erupted from the supermassive black hole at the heart of an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) designated J2245+3743 and located in the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away from Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Entitle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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