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Across much of the country’s media spectrum, prominent pundits had long been hammering away at “entitlements,” indignantly claiming that welfare recipients, disproportionately people of color, were sponging off government largesse.

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European prosecutors say the suspects, most of whom appear to have no actual connection to farming, "allegedly inflated livestock numbers to increase their subsidy entitlements".

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Applications have to pass through two phases: the planning and entitlement phase, and the building and safety review phase.

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You won’t get your full Social Security entitlement until you reach “full retirement age” as you turn 67.

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“Visiting America is not an entitlement,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio has lectured those who wish to study at the universities that have accepted them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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