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birthright

noun

ˈbərth-ˌrīt

Definition of birthright

as in inheritance

something that is or may be inherited believed that the house was her birthright

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as in right

something to which one has a just claim the promotion is his birthright, after the work he put in

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Recent Examples of birthright Aysha Bagchi Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion in the birthright case, which four other justices signed onto, centered on arguments about what citizenship has meant across the United States' 250-year-old history. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026 My maternal grandmother was born in Arizona to parents who fled their home country during the Mexican Revolution, becoming an American citizen by birthright. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for birthright

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Set in 1994, Speak follows a twelve-year-old boy who observes his father’s behavior turn terrifyingly unhinged following the inheritance of a vintage ventriloquist dummy.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
For Clark, that may be the real inheritance her grandmother left behind.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of inheritance

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When Chelsea try to shift the ball back across to the right, Brighton press man-to-man and force Fofana to the touchline, leaving him with little option other than to play a long ball into the channel in the direction of Neto.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Their case counts wide-release theatrical movies and the basic cable bundle, and leaves out streaming, YouTube, sports rights, and everything else that now competes for the same hours of your evening.

— Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of right

Noun

His life has been intertwined with money, business, politics and privilege — for better or worse.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Despite this, and no matter their individual circumstances or histories, the former in-group felt that they were expected to express shame over their privilege.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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