as in right
an entitlement to something
I get dibs on the front seat!
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Recent Examples of dibs
The low sale price may reflect troubled times for the local economy, but the nonprofit’s leaders want to turn it into a boon for local public school educators, who will be offered first dibs to rent the apartments there at affordable rates.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
But the San Jose Sharks already exist; that franchise gets dibs.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Loyalty members, however, will get first dibs online on Sunday, March 1.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
More than a hundred dibs complaints were lodged with 311 from the weekend.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
But the San Jose Sharks already exist; that franchise gets dibs.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Loyalty members, however, will get first dibs online on Sunday, March 1.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
More than a hundred dibs complaints were lodged with 311 from the weekend.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dibs
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“Dibs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dibs. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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