entitle

Example Sentences

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“And that would entitle the parents, at the end of the day, to relief.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

TD Cowen’s Craig Hutchison says the U.S. government will be granted a participation interest which, once vested, will entitle it to receive 20% of any cash distributions over $17.5 billion made by Westinghouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Disruption caused by things like strikes by airport or air traffic control staff, bad weather or other "extraordinary circumstances" does not entitle you to extra compensation.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

So, it could take you like two years to entitle land, sometimes even three or four years, but then it might take you another year to build it.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

We had waited since April for the magic package containing the packets and packets of seeds we were to sell for five cents each, which would entitle us to a new bicycle.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison