entitlement
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Jenrick estimates after assessments of people already claiming, 2.16 million will keep their cash entitlement in full, while 2.89 million will see it modified or withdrawn.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Your payment date depends on your birth date, so your first payment will generally arrive the month after your first month of entitlement, regardless of whether your birthday is on, say, Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The difference shapes whether you see success as an entitlement or as yours to create.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the DNA of the Barbary wars exists throughout American military history, a cocktail of entitlement, bravado and hypocrisy flavored with desperate violence.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
When he returned home, he resumed college at Temple University and then went through its law school, with every penny of his higher education paid by that great entitlement program called the GI Bill.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The bureau on Friday set an upper limit for how much water it can cut from the entitlements of the downstream states in the coming years: 3 million acre-feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
That meant that through one's career, we earned entitlements to a decent pension set at a fixed proportion of salary.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
"We have prepared all the rights and entitlements that must be given to the fallen soldiers. Among these is compensation from the United Nations," Agus said after attending Zulmi’s funeral.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
Drivers should make sure they had the right entitlements, were properly trained and took regular breaks, a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Mark Hargrave was president of the Tecumseh Agricultural and Classical University, to give it its full legal entitlements.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
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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