appanage

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1
as in privilege
something granted as a special favor use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate

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2
as in right
something to which one has a just claim wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage

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Recent Examples of appanage For everyday purposes, however, Halkbank is a semi-independent appanage of the Turkish government. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023 The states argued that MOHELA, which was created by the Missouri legislature, is a state appanage of sorts and thus gives standing to the state itself. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
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Noun
  • For those women denied the privilege of department store entry owing to race or lack of means, the comfort station was the only option for getting some privacy in public.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Kaspersky Security Services research revealed how some of these vulnerabilities could be used by hackers, if successfully exploited, to launch denial-of-service attacks, escalate user privileges and potentially steal data.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Image One monarchy survived — and as remarkable as that survival is the fact that for 133 of the last 200 years England has been ruled by two queens regnant, women who inherited the throne in their own right.
    Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • For well more than a century, regulating immigration has been purely a federal prerogative.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The interactions with Congress are this delicate dance, because a secretary wants to protect the prerogatives of the president and the executive branch.
    Evelyn Farkas, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • End birthright citizenship Among other immigration policies, Trump has pledged to sign an executive order on the first day of his new term to end birthright citizenship.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • End birthright citizenship for would-be Americans Trump vowed in a recent interview with Kristen Welker of NBC News’s Meet the Press to walk back the 14th Amendment, which automatically gives any person born on U.S. soil American citizenship.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Appanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appanage. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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