birthright
noun
birth·right
ˈbərth-ˌrīt 
: a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth
Examples of birthright in a Sentence
the freedom that is our birthright
believed that the house was her birthright
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The Justice Department has made multiple appeals to the Supreme Court concerning issues such as birthright citizenship and federal spending.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The court is also actively mulling whether to grant requests to narrow rulings blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions nationwide, fire more than 16,000 federal probationary employees and freeze $65 million worth of teacher development grants.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump has also signed orders ending birthright citizenship, suspending refugee admissions, ending the use of an app at the southern border to admit migrants via humanitarian parole and resuming border wall construction.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump is also fighting the concept of birthright citizenship in court, which is generally understood to be contained within the text of the 14th Amendment.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The court is also actively mulling whether to grant requests to narrow rulings blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions nationwide, fire more than 16,000 federal probationary employees and freeze $65 million worth of teacher development grants.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump has also signed orders ending birthright citizenship, suspending refugee admissions, ending the use of an app at the southern border to admit migrants via humanitarian parole and resuming border wall construction.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump is also fighting the concept of birthright citizenship in court, which is generally understood to be contained within the text of the 14th Amendment.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Birthright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthright. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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birthright
noun
birth·right
-ˌrīt
: a right or possession that a person is entitled to by birth
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