rightful
Example Sentences
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It’s more probable that the financial-services company is looking for confirmation that she has died so they can begin administering her account and, if appropriate, distributing any assets to the rightful beneficiaries or heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
We want her body back for her rightful funeral in our hometown.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
She draws from a lineage of Black thinkers who have spent decades restoring Reconstruction to its rightful place at the center of constitutional law.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Like the high-Modernist works of William Faulkner, “Call It Sleep” was initially met with incomprehension; a revival decades later established it as a rightful classic of the Jewish-American experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“I pledge myself to our rightful sovereign, the King, sir,” Mr. Robert said.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
