entitled

Example Sentences

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The panel found Mr Lawler was entitled to hold his own beliefs, but the newsletters were "not just advancing strongly held opinions" but were "attacks" on positions that Mr Lawler "sought to denigrate".

From BBC

The reader’s expectations get overturned faster than a bucket of milk when the goat and the sheep get into a spat over which of them is entitled to say “baa.”

From The Wall Street Journal

District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes certified a nationwide class of noncitizens subject to the policy and separately ruled that the government’s interpretation of the law was wrong – detainees are entitled to bond hearings.

From Salon

Further interest rate uncertainty lies in how Powell himself will react to his replacement, should he choose to stay on the Fed’s Board of Governors until 2028 as he is entitled.

From Barron's

Further interest rate uncertainty lies in how Powell himself will react to his replacement, should he choose to stay on the Fed’s Board of Governors until 2028 as he is entitled.

From Barron's