as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
entitlements to local school districts
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Recent Examples of entitlement
Well, this was unexpected: a caustic and thorough indictment of Baby Boomer entitlement written by one of the Baby Boomers’ most important and original comic voices.
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Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
What is not okay is to make ridiculous demands of a concierge or to present an air of entitlement.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Budget deficits, for example, have grown not as a result of the national security state but because of the expansion of entitlements and the growing number of Americans who qualify for them as the population ages.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
The entitlement of a famous and powerful man is nothing new, but his monkey?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
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Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
What is not okay is to make ridiculous demands of a concierge or to present an air of entitlement.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Budget deficits, for example, have grown not as a result of the national security state but because of the expansion of entitlements and the growing number of Americans who qualify for them as the population ages.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
The entitlement of a famous and powerful man is nothing new, but his monkey?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
Noun
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Moreover, the magnitude of the subsidy increased dramatically from 2019 through 2022, as its carbon price fell from -$62 to -$190.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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On the chopping block are tax credits for residential rooftop solar installations, ending within 180 days of passage, and a subsidy for hydrogen production.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Its grant cancellations are being challenged in court.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to cut federal funding for research and has already canceled or paused hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Northwestern faculty.—
Luis A. Nunes Amaral,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The per student allotment increased by $55 in the school finance bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed June 4.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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Their ancestors were recorded on the Dawes Rolls, a federal registry used in the early 1900s to determine tribal membership and land allotments.—
Kristal Brent Zook,
Essence,
16 June 2025
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Critics have complained that the maneuver was a way for the council to work around a charter requirement that requires appropriations of more than 1.5% of the budget to be a separate referendum question.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
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Olivia Heller/The Hustle Viewers accused her of everything from overconsumption to hoarding to appropriation.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
20 June 2025
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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