birthright

Example Sentences

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But the success, seemingly a Murdaugh birthright, belied his secret: a raging addiction to painkillers and years of theft, fraud and embezzlement.

From BBC

Johnson and Clinton had no political birthrights but set out from young ages to reach the nation’s highest office.

From Seattle Times

Never cloying, she comes at her role simply and without affectation, and suggests that happiness is less birthright than stubborn spiritual discipline.

From Washington Post

Tens of thousands of Turkish Cypriots hold identification cards and passports of the Republic of Cyprus, as is their birthright based on the common state established with Greek Cypriots in 1960.

From Reuters

The promise of feminism is a world in which all humans, including women, have the freedom to be their true selves, knowing that self-determination is their birthright.

From Salon