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Brightline's lawyer Nigel Tozzi, however, said the deal had entitled his client to a brand with a high international reputation, like Coca-Cola or leading European soccer teams Real Madrid and Barcelona.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2023

In 2005, he received a one-time payment of $10 million from Marvel, to settle a provision in his contract that had entitled him to 10 percent of the profits from television and film adaptations.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018

When we had entitled folks or those who threw a tantrum, I often wondered where was the parent.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

They were responding to an article I had published in the Sydney Morning Herald, which some subeditor had entitled "Young People Have Lost Art of Reading Together", which is neither elegant nor very clear.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

One December afternoon Paul Helm was pruning the patch of floral odds and ends that had entitled Bonnie Clutter to membership in the Garden City Garden Club.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote