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as in authorized
to give a right to
the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens
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as in named
to give a name to
apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers
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Recent Examples of entitled
His feature debut is entitled Fruit Gathering (Thit-thee Khu).
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
But the Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying in a 6-3 decision that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont joined other states arguing the guidelines released this month create an unfair bureaucratic maze for people entitled to receive Medicaid coverage.
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Jason Laughlin — Boston Globe,
STAT,
29 June 2026
But the Commonwealth Court ruled that Hailer was entitled to pay the fees and receive Pastorek’s autopsy report, regardless of her identity.
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Jonah Walters,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for entitled
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
But the Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying in a 6-3 decision that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont joined other states arguing the guidelines released this month create an unfair bureaucratic maze for people entitled to receive Medicaid coverage.
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Jason Laughlin — Boston Globe,
STAT,
29 June 2026
But the Commonwealth Court ruled that Hailer was entitled to pay the fees and receive Pastorek’s autopsy report, regardless of her identity.
—
Jonah Walters,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for entitled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitled
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That ban lasts for the duration of the agreement, which Lightfoot authorized for Bally’s in 2022 and is now at the center of another political fight under Johnson.
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Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
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During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
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The birds — a female named Långet, and two males named Mames and Sindålu — made their home on the island with the six other birds in September 2024, marking the first time since 1988 that Guam kingfishers have lived in the wild.
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Multiple opposition groups quickly put out statements vowing to beat the billionaire’s tax after the measure had officially qualified.
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Germany had already qualified, but Ecuador will now join it in the next round after finishing as one of the best eight third-place finishers.
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Mauney, widely seen as the best rider of his generation and someone who braved the hardest bulls to ride, had to retire in 2023 after a neck break on a bull called Arctic Assassin.
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Fireflies go through four life stages – egg, larva, pupa and adult – in a process called complete metamorphosis.
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Khamenei empowered the Revolutionary Guard in his decades in power to become the top military, political and economic force in the country.
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But right now, what the president has said is, 'Go and make a deal, go and negotiate in good faith,' and that's what he's empowered us to do.
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The app will include coding, chat, and a new agentic workflow capability dubbed Autopilot, Fortune reported in May.
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The 988 hotline, which has been dubbed the 911 for mental health emergencies, is credited with reducing teen and young adult suicide deaths.
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This story is part of a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the state of the 2026 election cycle.
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Their book, titled Muskism, is an attempt to explain the richest man in the world.
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Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
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He's been labeled a hoaxer and scammer by some, but that has done nothing to slow him down.
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“Entitled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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