entitlements

plural of entitlement

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of entitlements All the austerity options—cutting spending, reforming entitlements, or raising taxes are measures politicians are reluctant to embrace before an election. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 That structure draws on capabilities Lowery Company has used across its broader development work, from feasibility and site acquisition through entitlements, design coordination, construction management and operations. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 In a Microsoft Fabric and Power BI estate, OneLake security, sensitivity labels and row-level security let entitlements travel with the data rather than depending on each AI front end to behave. — Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Matt Tapp, director of acquisitions and entitlements at Griffin Riley, said Monday that the project represents several years of close collaboration with city officials. — Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 Public safety, education and child care, and protecting seniors’ entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. — Brent Andersen, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 The property also offers pre-WDO (Pre-Winery Definition Ordinance) entitlements supporting future expansion opportunities. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026 Soaring interest rates and entitlements drive debt toward disaster. — Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 8 June 2026 The fact that there was a legal dispute over these entitlements, with the workers and the State of New York on one side and the platforms on the other, demonstrates the political stakes of their struggle. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlements
Noun
  • Previously, the subsidies had made health care more affordable with enhanced federal credits since 2021.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But official data shows around 40 million people across the country still depend on government living subsidies.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That scrutiny has been applied to researchers applying for new grants as well.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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“Entitlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlements. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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