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
Throughout this season, the luxurious decor, artwork, and architecture lure the audience and the characters into this world of exclusive opportunity and entitlement, exposing their shallow desires and dysfunctional relationships.
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Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
These folks who entered America illegally are taking away valuable resources via their access to our entitlements, while adding considerably to the national debt and annual deficits.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
Medicaid, in particular, has been a focus of Democrats as House Republicans consider a rollback of the entitlement.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Mr Severin’s expectations, entitlement and outright rudeness stretch Floria to her very limits.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
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Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
These folks who entered America illegally are taking away valuable resources via their access to our entitlements, while adding considerably to the national debt and annual deficits.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
Medicaid, in particular, has been a focus of Democrats as House Republicans consider a rollback of the entitlement.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Mr Severin’s expectations, entitlement and outright rudeness stretch Floria to her very limits.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
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The federal government sent around $91 billion to insurers in the form of premium subsidies in 2023.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The $100 billion is in addition to the $65 billion the company announced to building three plants in Arizona after the Biden administration offered billions in subsidies.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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For the 2025 fiscal year, the IRS awarded $53 million in such grants to 315 VITA organizations and 41 groups participating in a sister program, Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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There's concern that making massive changes to the Education Department could impact millions of families and students who rely on the agency for loans, grants and other support, experts say.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The state has not increased the basic allotment per student since 2019.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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Muhammad had a heated exchange with the board’s chair, Anthony Rodriguez, over the one-minute time limit Rodriguez imposed on speakers, saying there were too many people signed up to address the commission to allow for the normal two-minute allotment.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some Democrats prefer a plan that would see the passage of a shorter stopgap measure to allow completion of work on full-year appropriations bills.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The plaintiffs contend that the Department failed to follow proper rulemaking procedures and ignored congressional mandates in the most recent education appropriations bill.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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