as in subsidies
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 entitlements
Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, this revamped SAVE system will ensure government officials can swiftly verify legal status, halting entitlements and voter fraud.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Uncle Sam’s spending binge will remain compounding until Republicans muster the stones to take entitlements off autopilot.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
—Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empresas Fonalledas will retain the 67-acre town center site, which has a Mixed-Use future land use and entitlements for 620 multifamily units and 190,000 square feet of commercial use.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Uncle Sam’s spending binge will remain compounding until Republicans muster the stones to take entitlements off autopilot.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
—Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empresas Fonalledas will retain the 67-acre town center site, which has a Mixed-Use future land use and entitlements for 620 multifamily units and 190,000 square feet of commercial use.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlements
Noun
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The potential cost increases are tied to the expiration of pandemic-era subsidies at the end of the year.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Senate Republicans have failed to pass a clean short-term measure as Democrats dig in on health care priorities, specifically extending subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Proceeds from the night benefited the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Foundation, supporting scholarships, rodeo grants, and the preservation of BPIR’s traveling museum.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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Active grants have been cruelly rescinded, leaving community theaters, local museums, facing sudden funding gaps and uncertainty over expenses for work already underway.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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New work requirements add another hurdle for federal food assistance recipients after the end of pandemic-era emergency SNAP allotments in 2023, Beau said.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Maximum allotments have been increased in comparison to last year’s SNAP benefits, as noted below.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Entitlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlements. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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