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
However dual citizens will need to present a valid British or Irish passport or a certificate of entitlement for entry.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But while being wildly wealthy brings entitlement, valorises inequality, offers systemic protection and so encourages abuse, this is not just a rich guy problem.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Originally built in 1909 as a triplex, the building was granted a rare conditional use permit in the late 1980s to operate as group housing, an entitlement almost nonexistent in the surrounding residential enclave.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026
And that’s not even counting unfunded liabilities from the entitlement programs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But while being wildly wealthy brings entitlement, valorises inequality, offers systemic protection and so encourages abuse, this is not just a rich guy problem.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Originally built in 1909 as a triplex, the building was granted a rare conditional use permit in the late 1980s to operate as group housing, an entitlement almost nonexistent in the surrounding residential enclave.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026
And that’s not even counting unfunded liabilities from the entitlement programs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
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Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Treat a Stranger Grant will be an annual program for which an allotment of money will be distributed however the selection jury sees fit—to a group of artists, one artist, or through other arrangements.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Amid that frenzy, Gala Games sold the initial allotment of 4,661 NFT plots of Legacy land within days of first putting them up for public sale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Republicans circled back on the two-pronged plan to fund immigration agencies through reconciliation and the rest of DHS through the traditional appropriations process.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The lapse in appropriations left thousands of DHS staffers working without pay for weeks, including TSA officers.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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