rightful
Example Sentences
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The rightful owner has five years to claim the hoard under Belgian law - though the local prosecutor, who has launched an investigation, said it was not yet known who this might be.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s more probable that the financial-services company is looking for confirmation that she has died so they can begin administering her account and, if appropriate, distributing any assets to the rightful beneficiaries or heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Yet the formidable English army of kinsman Malcolm, rightful heir to murdered King Duncan, approached Dunsinane using branches from Birnam Wood as camouflage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She draws from a lineage of Black thinkers who have spent decades restoring Reconstruction to its rightful place at the center of constitutional law.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
“The Dagger of Serendib is a thousand-year-old historical artifact from our country that was stolen and taken away from its rightful home.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
