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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 entitlements
Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, this revamped SAVE system will ensure government officials can swiftly verify legal status, halting entitlements and voter fraud.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Uncle Sam’s spending binge will remain compounding until Republicans muster the stones to take entitlements off autopilot.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
—Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empresas Fonalledas will retain the 67-acre town center site, which has a Mixed-Use future land use and entitlements for 620 multifamily units and 190,000 square feet of commercial use.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Uncle Sam’s spending binge will remain compounding until Republicans muster the stones to take entitlements off autopilot.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
—Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empresas Fonalledas will retain the 67-acre town center site, which has a Mixed-Use future land use and entitlements for 620 multifamily units and 190,000 square feet of commercial use.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlements
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Wild news in the Financial Times this morning, which reports that China has substantially increased energy subsidies for some of its largest data centers in a bid to bolster its position in the global AI race.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rodrik also saw much to like in the Biden Administration’s industrial policies, which aimed to hasten the green transition by offering subsidies, tax credits, and public support for industrial research.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The region’s Head Start sites incur costs on their own but are reimbursed on a monthly basis through federal grants.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Dougherty is a senior research administrator at Virginia Commonwealth University who manages NIH and NSF grants, according to the Virginia Mercury.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Monthly allotments can be a maximum of $588 a month for a family of three.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Boozman's remarks to reporters on Tuesday followed the department's recent warning to state agencies about suspending allotments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, citing the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown as the reason.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Entitlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlements. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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