bragging rights

noun

: entitlement to boast about something

Examples of bragging rights in a Sentence

She earned bragging rights for completing the project on time.
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India’s economy has also sputtered over the previous year, diminishing the country’s bragging rights as being the fastest growing economy within the G20. Vasuki Shastry, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 Players who for years were starved for the chance to play meaningful games on behalf of their country now would be able to face-off for international bragging rights. Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025 Before the midseason break, ABC earned bragging rights for the season’s biggest NHL crowd with a Feb. 8 Golden Knights-Bruins game that averaged 1.27 million viewers. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2025 Connor McDavid scored the game-winning goal to give his country the ultimate bragging rights. Scott Thompson, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bragging rights

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bragging rights was in 1954

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“Bragging rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bragging%20rights. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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