entitlement

Example Sentences

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Honestly, the whole discussion reeks of College Football Brain, that cross-affliction of entitlement and exceptionalism in which the most bizarre circumstances are treated as routine business.

From The Wall Street Journal

Slowing productivity growth, together with growing government obligations, could force policymakers to make difficult decisions around taxation, public spending, and entitlement outlays, Vanguard’s Schickling says.

From Barron's

Is there 'entitlement' around Scotland or has Townsend misjudged criticism?

From BBC

Yet the hardest challenges—reducing the national debt, strengthening the workforce and restoring upward mobility—demand effort, not entitlement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Labour chair of the Education Select Committee, Helen Hayes, has joined campaigners saying this entitlement must stay in place.

From BBC