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
To me your client has more right, more access, more entitlement to this information.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Big Machine will remain the event’s entitlement partner, continuing toenhance the event’s connectivity to the entertainment industry and downtown Nashville.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Hancock instead tees up a witty evisceration of the fragility of the male ego and the havoc that ensues in the wake of its entitlement.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the legislature approved expensive new entitlements such as the Trans Health Equity Act (HB0283), creating a costly Medicaid expansion.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Big Machine will remain the event’s entitlement partner, continuing toenhance the event’s connectivity to the entertainment industry and downtown Nashville.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Hancock instead tees up a witty evisceration of the fragility of the male ego and the havoc that ensues in the wake of its entitlement.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the legislature approved expensive new entitlements such as the Trans Health Equity Act (HB0283), creating a costly Medicaid expansion.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlement
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Strategies outlined in the release include protecting, preserving and restoring affordable homes; providing direct subsidies and increasing access to homeownership for first-time homebuyers; preventing evictions and foreclosures; and working with employers on workforce housing needs.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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In December, the China Film Administration launched a public subsidy campaign, while local governments like Beijing and Guangdong distributed cinema vouchers ahead of the holiday.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The indirect costs covered by NIH grants include lab, faculty, infrastructure and utility expenses in biomedical research, said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office in a statement announcing the lawsuit.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
10 Feb. 2025
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The order also instructs the OMB director to find ways, within 30 days, to attach strings to grants that California gets from the federal government to entice the state to change its policies.—
Joseph Lawler,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Feb. 2025
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However, if a family needs more tickets, they are allowed to trade for additional ticket allotments from other families that may not need them.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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But there may be more at play than just a (potentially) unequal allotment of resources.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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It is funded outside of the congressional appropriations process, and its funding comes from the Fed.—
Laurel Wamsley,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Redirecting funds from inefficient government spending in non-defense, non-veterans and non-homeland security discretionary appropriations accounts.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Entitlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlement. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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