be entitled to

Example Sentences

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If the previous owner bought this stock before the ex-dividend date, they would be entitled to receive that year’s dividend.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Drivers could only be entitled to a payout if the council is legally liable.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Under EQT’s latest proposal, Intertek shareholders would get 60 pounds in cash and be entitled to keep 107.7 pence a share previously declared by the company, or 61.08 pounds a share in total.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Eastern time on March 20 will be entitled to vote at the meeting on the merger with Paramount.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Did Paul really believe that he could possibly be entitled to money that didn’t exist, from a math contest he’d only just found out about?

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin