entitlement
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile for most of us, our retirement investments are on top of our Social Security entitlement.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The federal government says it handed out more than $180 billion in improper payments last year, largely through major entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Unlike another person who may eventually challenge troubling thoughts or establish boundaries, an AI system could continue validating stories involving victimhood, revenge, or entitlement.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
"Grazing of sheep on the common is an established legal entitlement exercised by those people whose properties have historic rights of common, rather than something the landowner can direct," the spokesperson added.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
That’s entitlement: his mother permits that casual incivility because she wants him to learn to assert himself with people in positions of authority.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing entitlement
A Word's-Eye View of the Primetime GOP Debate (Aug. 6, 2015)
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Top Ten Most Relevant Words from the Third Republican Debate, October 28, 2015
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U.S. Government - Middle School and High School
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