rightfully

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Genco argues that publishing rights “are these people’s annuities. These are pensions and you want to get it right at the beginning so that they have it. Rightfully, it belongs to them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Rightfully so, I’ve taken a little bit of heat for it.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

"Our kids certainly heard enough about him. Rightfully so. Most of it came from us telling them how good he was. Because he is good."

From Fox News • Mar. 19, 2022

Rightfully so — you have every right to be.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Rightfully employed, the caucus in not only useful but necessary in the conduct and government of party interests.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie