entitlement
Example Sentences
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For countless Northerners, Brooks’s assault on Sumner distilled the sense of entitlement held by the South’s ruling elite, who had dominated the national government since its founding.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The SLC said it would be contacting students "to explain what this means for them and what the next steps are, including their eligibility and entitlement, as well as confirming the repayment process".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
That feeling of survival and resentment and entitlement really looms over this season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
You see his demands, from where I’m sitting, as entitlement because he fails to understand that your nest egg did not come easy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
The entitlement that came with being one of the silk feathered hats—that all the groundlings were there simply to kowtow to your every need.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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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