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as in right
something to which one has a just claim
the promotion is his birthright, after the work he put in
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Recent Examples of birthright
If President Ronald Reagan had issued an executive order like President Trump’s revoking birthright citizenship, I and the many thousands of refugee families like mine — not to mention the millions of Americans who owe their citizenship to the 14th Amendment — might not be here today.
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Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court schedules oral arguments for May 15 on Trump's executive order to ban birthright citizenship despite the guarantees of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will convene on May 15 to hear an emergency request from the Trump administration to consider whether judges overstepped their authority by filing nationwide injunctions to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court is still mulling requests from the Justice Department to narrow injunctions halting Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship and to block a judge’s order to return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court schedules oral arguments for May 15 on Trump's executive order to ban birthright citizenship despite the guarantees of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will convene on May 15 to hear an emergency request from the Trump administration to consider whether judges overstepped their authority by filing nationwide injunctions to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court is still mulling requests from the Justice Department to narrow injunctions halting Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship and to block a judge’s order to return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthright
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This type of situation can force family members to sell assets to cover tax liabilities and avoid legal trouble when an inheritance is passed down to them.—
Judy Lagrou,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2025
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This transfer tax is asserted against the estate of the individual who passed away, not against the recipient of the inheritance or bequest.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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On issues ranging from education policy and voting rights to congestion pricing, the series of rulings and developments marked the latest legal setbacks for an administration battling nearly 200 lawsuits in court.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Though the agency is prohibited from censorship or infringing the First Amendment rights of media, broadcasters cannot intentionally distort the news.—
Dawn Chmielewski,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Erie Meyer, former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, resigned in February after DOGE members began asking for data privileges.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Parents have the privilege and opportunity to establish the foundation for leadership by encouraging autonomy, nurturing leader identity, and making room for failure, learning, and growth.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Like its predecessors, the Trump administration has a legitimate prerogative to make major policy changes, even ones that many Americans may consider ill advised.—
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2025
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In a series of rulings over the past month on Trump's emergency requests to override low-level judicial roadblocks, the high court's conservative majority has been neither a rubber stamp for the president nor an aggressive check on his prerogative.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthright. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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