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Recent Examples of rightful To create another parallel corridor where the world and everything in it are in their rightful places. Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 Earlier this month, a video from a Philadelphia Phillies game went viral after two fans appeared to dispute who the rightful catcher of a home run ball was. Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 And horror itself deserves a rightful place at the center of culture. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025 Seeing her work gathered anew is less about nostalgia than about recognizing her rightful place in the canon. Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rightful
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Adjective
  • Sacramento State Football, postgame concert with Lil Yachty Hornets football is coming off a bye-week getting some deserved rest and extra reps before their next game.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Jake Sullivan, who was former President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, also said Trump deserved credit for the peace deal.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Shares of Darden Restaurants have added 1% this year, but Cho said that Darden Restaurant’s somewhat elevated current valuation still seems justified.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • City officials say the hikes are justified, because San Diego loses revenue when parking spots that could otherwise have meters are devoted to other uses like dining or valet parking drop-off and pickup.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Rightful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightful. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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