entitlement

Example Sentences

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On the spending side, they will likely need to revisit the structure of major entitlement programs.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

West, one of the grande dames of the movement, got her start at Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger and spent years excoriating fatphobia, online misogyny, and male entitlement for the ur-millennial-feminist site Jezebel.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

But Chip’s need for connection and reflexive sense of entitlement proves disastrous — the story isn’t going the way he wanted, and Groff allows it to collapse on him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The government described them as "flexible" plans that set out what the child needs day to day - as opposed to an EHCP, which is the framework giving them legal entitlement to support.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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