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
The Epstein story is all about people who are sufficiently rich or entitled escaping the full consequences of their actions, something that is still happening here.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
More than anyone, Resh Lakish would have been entitled to look back on a life of personal transformation and learning with great contentment.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Due to its sharp increase of votes for Tarrant County College, all the other taxing entities were shorted the number of votes they are entitled to, Barnes said.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Team-mates who had started the match were entitled to a greater share of the blame.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
More than anyone, Resh Lakish would have been entitled to look back on a life of personal transformation and learning with great contentment.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Due to its sharp increase of votes for Tarrant County College, all the other taxing entities were shorted the number of votes they are entitled to, Barnes said.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Team-mates who had started the match were entitled to a greater share of the blame.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
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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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Weekly Newsletter Hamida’s first such meeting is with a twelve-year-old Hindu girl named Kammo, whose father abandoned her after the death of her mother.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The team is named after their outdoor apparel line.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ben Seghir, a 20-year-old who signed after helping Monaco qualify for the Champions League from France’s Ligue 1, is among the finest Moroccan talents of his generation.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The enhanced subsidies raised the income limit on who qualified, expanding eligibility to many middle-class people.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 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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The research team revealed that during the HTC process, iron was incorporated to impart magnetic properties to the resulting hydrochar, enabling post-treatment recovery using an external magnet.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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This is what enables people from such diverse backgrounds to come together, just through the medium of K-pop.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 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 State Department does have the authority, however, to designate foreign terrorist groups, a move that has real legal teeth.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gates noted that aid designated for poor countries—already less than 1% of rich countries’ budgets at its peak—is declining as wealthy nations cut foreign assistance.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Entitle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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