birthright
noun
birth·right
ˈbərth-ˌrīt 
: a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth see also birthright citizenship
Examples of birthright in a Sentence
the freedom that is our birthright
believed that the house was her birthright
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Aysha Bagchi Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion in the birthright case, which four other justices signed onto, centered on arguments about what citizenship has meant across the United States' 250-year-old history.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
My maternal grandmother was born in Arizona to parents who fled their home country during the Mexican Revolution, becoming an American citizen by birthright.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright.
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Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
My maternal grandmother was born in Arizona to parents who fled their home country during the Mexican Revolution, becoming an American citizen by birthright.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright.
—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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birthright
noun
birth·right
-ˌrīt
: a right or possession that a person is entitled to by birth
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