How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

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  • Baird said there will be up to a year of the planning and entitlement process before construction can start.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The sense of entitlement that white men had has been tragically absorbed by white women in their quest to become equal to white men.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Here are ten reasons to oppose the infrastructure and entitlement bills .
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2021
  • If there are fewer returners with a hefty list of accomplishments, there likely won’t be a sense of entitlement for playing time and roles.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • And yet, these people — who bristle with sinister entitlement — are not accustomed to being turned down.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2021
  • This debate of entitlement and ego seems to be occurring across the nation as more are packing up their lives in hopes of finding a new community elsewhere with more to offer.
    — The Hunger Coalition, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Pace and Mann are both very good in their various bits of entitlement and thunderous rage, even as the two actors essentially keep swapping roles as the years pass.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Expect to examine issues like poverty, addiction, and body image, all through the guise of a search for a version of masculinity free of entitlement.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Purchase an entitlement of water from the State Water Project and build a pipeline that will transport that water into the valley.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • And that, again, is what the show is all about: entitlement.
    — Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For their part, Erik and Lyle are a grotesque blend of entitlement and prey.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Black high tops, had his own style and no sense of entitlement.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • There is a sense of entitlement that has caused a lack of respect for adults, peers, and our country.
    — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Neither party has the will to address the root cause of the debt: entitlement spending.
    — The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • That entitlement already took a hit due to the shortage in Lake Mead this year.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Scottsdale should never cater to the entitlement of few, at the expense of many.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Keep in mind: a project would still need more approvals after this entitlement phase to get a full green light.
    — Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • For a player just past his teens to show that entitlement at Real is unique.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Haley has most openly stuck with the pre-Trump view of entitlements.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But the glamor of self-destruction was part of the texture of Max’s, and so was a certain do-what-you-please entitlement.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2022
  • An entitlement to make and uphold the rules, to make America great again.
    — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • What about a sense of entitlement, which Smith mentioned?
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • For all the dash, swagger, and mien-oozing entitlement in The Blue Boy, the subject isn’t an aristocrat.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Even the royals are not granted that kind of entitlement.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
  • When power becomes disproportionate to a creature’s level of intelligence or its sphere of reasonable entitlement, that creature starts to look stupid.
    — Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The episode was a shocking display of male entitlement.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The bill provides a new entitlement program for veterans who served in a combat zone in the past 32 years.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Brooke’s journey is a poignant reminder that, for most people, entitlement is not an identity but a trap.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Excel will also oversee the process of identifying an entitlement partner for the club’s training and performance center, as well as founding partners in key categories.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 11 Oct. 2024

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