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
But there’s a fundamentally American sensibility that unites its subjects — all eccentric, stubborn individuals whose belief in property as a sacred right has led them into conflict with someone equally convinced of their own entitlement.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
If insurers and entitlement programs keep paying premiums for products that offer little additional clinical value, these shiny new services will do little more than push costs even higher.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Calling for your own manager to be sacked when the team is 14th in a congested table, still only three points off a top-half finish with 13 games left, is a more telling reflection of their sense of entitlement and inflated expectations than Hurzeler’s level of competence.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Joseph Beckham, a District 1 resident, said this zoning means the commission would provide the applicant permanent, high‑intensity entitlements with minimal ongoing city control.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
If insurers and entitlement programs keep paying premiums for products that offer little additional clinical value, these shiny new services will do little more than push costs even higher.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Calling for your own manager to be sacked when the team is 14th in a congested table, still only three points off a top-half finish with 13 games left, is a more telling reflection of their sense of entitlement and inflated expectations than Hurzeler’s level of competence.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Joseph Beckham, a District 1 resident, said this zoning means the commission would provide the applicant permanent, high‑intensity entitlements with minimal ongoing city control.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
Noun
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The commission oversees spectrum auctions, broadband deployment subsidies, rural connectivity programs, and emergency communications infrastructure.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Forcing millions of people to give up their subsidy every few years could also rattle the private landlords who lease to those with a housing voucher.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The initiative is supported by Netflix and sees ten emerging filmmakers given a grant and mentorship to make live-action shorts.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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The records, which include emails between FEMA and Florida counterparts, document ongoing negotiations over what portion of Alligator Alcatraz’s expenditures would be covered under the federal government’s detention center reimbursement grant program.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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So Goldfields has redesigned the Escape Pod for 2026 with its eye firmly on improved livability and a generous standard features allotment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Feb. 2026
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The permit allows the ranchers to kill any wolf who wanders onto private land on two grazing allotments near the Gila National Forest in Catron County, as well as on federal land within the allotments, if the wolf is actively hurting livestock.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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The attack comes amid an ongoing partial government shutdown that began after Democrats blocked appropriations for DHS over concerns with its immigration enforcement tactics.—
Dan Mangan,Leslie Josephs,Spencer Kimball,CJ Haddad,Justin Papp,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
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And yet the question of how all this money is to be spent is almost entirely absent from the current congressional-appropriations debate.—
Garrett M. Graff,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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