as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
entitlements to local school districts
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Recent Examples of entitlement
However dual citizens will need to present a valid British or Irish passport or a certificate of entitlement for entry.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But while being wildly wealthy brings entitlement, valorises inequality, offers systemic protection and so encourages abuse, this is not just a rich guy problem.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Originally built in 1909 as a triplex, the building was granted a rare conditional use permit in the late 1980s to operate as group housing, an entitlement almost nonexistent in the surrounding residential enclave.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026
And that’s not even counting unfunded liabilities from the entitlement programs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But while being wildly wealthy brings entitlement, valorises inequality, offers systemic protection and so encourages abuse, this is not just a rich guy problem.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Originally built in 1909 as a triplex, the building was granted a rare conditional use permit in the late 1980s to operate as group housing, an entitlement almost nonexistent in the surrounding residential enclave.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026
And that’s not even counting unfunded liabilities from the entitlement programs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Fans who registered for the first drop of tickets but did not receive a time slot and fans who did not buy their maximum 12 general ticket allotment will automatically be entered into the random lottery Drop 2.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In this allotment of tax credits, animation emerged as major participants as the production category became eligible for the first time in the program’s history.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But Congress, not the White House, ultimately sets NASA’s funding levels through the appropriations process.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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