1
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
In exchange, investors were entitled to a cut of future rent payments.
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The bestselling author will publish a new novel entitled Road Trip, out next year — and PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the cover.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But those high on Green Bay entering the season were entitled to feel some validation Sunday.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Other bills require schools to inform parents that their children are entitled to free public education regardless of immigration status and that the schools must notify them when immigration officers are on site.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The bestselling author will publish a new novel entitled Road Trip, out next year — and PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the cover.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But those high on Green Bay entering the season were entitled to feel some validation Sunday.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Other bills require schools to inform parents that their children are entitled to free public education regardless of immigration status and that the schools must notify them when immigration officers are on site.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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Under the measure, which the legislature is considering this week, doctors, pharmacists and others authorized to prescribe the drugs to end a pregnancy could leave their name off the prescription label.—
Patrick Adams,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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In June, grocery workers in at least five states authorized strikes in an escalating series of labor actions against Albertsons and Kroger, which included some Safeway stores.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now that she’s named her successor as Vogue’s top editor, Anna Wintour seems a bit more relaxed.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brazil have qualified for next year’s World Cup, held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, after finishing fifth in the 10-team Conmebol standings.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Argentina had already qualified for the 2026 World Cup atop the CONMEBOL standings.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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A week after suffering a gut-punch loss to Nevada in Reno when two winning touchdowns were called back in the final moment and a tying field goal with seconds to play just missed, Sac State shook off early jitters to unleash a balanced offense in improving to 1-2.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On the surface, the change of venue — made possible by a provision lawmakers empowered Citizens to insert at the end of most of its policies — didn’t seem like a big deal.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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This group, empowered by extensive training, was responsible for owning the system post-implementation.—
Brian Wasson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 20-to-30 degrees of galactic latitude, both north and south of the galactic plane, were dubbed the Zone of Avoidance in the late 19th century, because while there were huge numbers of spiral nebulae elsewhere, all across the sky, there were none found in or near the plane of the Milky Way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The system, labeled as EP95, continues to show signs of organization and environmental conditions are favorable for further development, hurricane center forecasters said in the advisory.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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At school, ensure your child’s inhaler is clearly labeled.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her debut poetry collection titled Someone Else’s Hunger will be published by Four Way Books on September 15, 2025.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Entitled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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