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as in authorized
to give a right to
the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens
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as in named
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 entitled
Sharks365 members, full-season ticket holders, Shark Pak holders, and suite holders are entitled to presale opportunities.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
These guarantees determine what money a player is entitled to if his contract is terminated.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The state argues that the defense is trying to confer upon itself rights during the preliminary stage of the trial that it is not entitled to until the actual trial itself, and that discovery is meant to be reserved for the trial, not preliminary proceedings.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot winners can decide on cash or annuity payment within 60 days after becoming entitled to the prize.
—Staff Reports, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
These guarantees determine what money a player is entitled to if his contract is terminated.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The state argues that the defense is trying to confer upon itself rights during the preliminary stage of the trial that it is not entitled to until the actual trial itself, and that discovery is meant to be reserved for the trial, not preliminary proceedings.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot winners can decide on cash or annuity payment within 60 days after becoming entitled to the prize.
—Staff Reports, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitled
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The new legislation’s expansion of corporate powers allowing nonprofits to impose fines or penalties if authorized by their governing documents and establish payment terms will also benefit associations.—
Evonne Andris,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Even China, Iran’s biggest trading partner and America’s most significant economic competitor, quietly pulled strings to find a path toward a ceasefire, according to two officials briefed on the matter who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Style, who was also named to the Star-Telegram All-Area First Team, holds offers from Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Houston, UNT, Oklahoma State and more.—
Charles Baggarly
April 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Though Eli Frankel reports in his book that a mutual acquaintance of Leila Welsh and Elizabeth Short named Carl Balsiger as their murderer, no further evidence points to him, and the decades’ old case is considered cold.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Needless to say, this will create severe hardship for the hundreds of students who qualified for these services and who understood they would be provided through the end of the school year.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Brad Raffensperger, Burt Jones, Chris Carr, Clark Dean, Gregg Kirkpatrick, Ken Yasger, Rick Jackson and Tom Williams have qualified as candidates for the Republican Party.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Named for the Kiawah people who called this island home when British settlers first arrived in 1670, Kiawah Island fronts the Atlantic with ten miles of beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Iranian officials have rejected plans for a temporary ceasefire and have instead called for a permanent end to the conflict.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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The bureau is still empowered to force action and impose serious financial penalties.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Your subtle 12th house and your nurturing 4th house are empowered by today’s Mercury-Jupiter trine.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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The counter in the market’s far right corner, dubbed Club 104, is reserved for emerging talents, changing every few weeks (sometimes sooner).—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The first of two sister ships, dubbed Ilma, debuts in 2024.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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In 1912, Georges Braque (1882–1963) had glued strips of fake-wood wallpaper onto a pencil-and-gouache still life titled Fruit Dish and Glass, done in the Analytic Cubist style he’d developed with his colleague/competitor/collaborator Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere in the lineup, the buzzy American filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun returns with a new feature titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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Intoxicating hemp sidesteps being labelled as marijuana by relying on alternate psychoactive chemicals like Delta-8 THC or THCa, rather than the Delta-9 THC found in marijuana.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Instead, search out a simple preemergent herbicide labeled for controlling crabgrass.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Entitled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitled. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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