entitle
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Teachers don’t need a master’s in education to teach, though collective-bargaining agreements sometimes entitle them to pay raises if they get one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Just following this process would entitle employers’ decisions to “significant deference” from the courts — a “safe harbor,” or legal shield, meant to guard those decisions from challenge.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 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
A minimum investment gets you a certificate of ownership; other levels entitle owners to unique merchandise such as scarves, a round of golf with a player or a dinner with the manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
That’s how long Chacko and Rahel had to wait for the pink receipt that would entitle them to collect Ammu’s remains.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The 16-17 Saver Railcard costs £35 per year and entitles the holder to 50% off most train fares.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Apellis stockholders will also receive a contingent value right that entitles them to an additional $2-a-share payout, dependent upon annual global net sales thresholds being met for Syfovre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The courts have established that making a charitable gift is a protected free speech activity that entitles donors to certain privacy rights.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
The parents argued that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment entitles them to these accommodations.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
“Unless you find something else I’m afraid you will have to go back to the front when you are through with your jaundice. I don’t believe self-inflicted jaundice entitles you to a convalescent leave.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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Lee argued that she had contributed to the company's founding and early management, as well as indirectly through domestic work, and was therefore entitled to half of Kwon's stake.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis in Miami said the brothers failed to establish that they are entitled to be released from detention while the proceedings are ongoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lukas Kestler, another German antitrust lawyer, said Munich is entitled to set the festival’s rules and choose breweries that comply, adding that Oktoberfest wasn’t a cartel because the rules weren’t set by participants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"I am concerned no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence," he wrote in a blog post entitled "An Alien Mind, external".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
So there’s no need for you to reproach yourself because you think you’re taking something I was entitled to; nothing could be further from the truth.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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A pasta PSA: After a yearslong hiatus, Olive Garden is selling 10,000 Never-Ending Pasta Passes on Thursday, entitling buyers to 13 weeks of unlimited pasta, soup, salad, and breadsticks.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
In addition to the cash consideration, Theravance shareholders will receive contingent value rights entitling them to 80% of net proceeds from any future license, divestiture or other monetization of ampreloxetine within the next 10 years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Vado had an agreement with Hylton and her management company, M.I.S.A., entitling them to 20% of Vado’s income, the website said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
It added that "a number of casualties" had been documented as "civilian martyrs", meaning they have been unjustly killed and entitling them to compensation.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
There at another desk I was handed a railway pass entitling me to transportation through Germany to the Dutch border.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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