rightly claim
Frequency: 7.812.5 per million words
To assert something as true with good reason.
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- She could rightly claim credit for the project's success.
- The indigenous people rightly claim ownership of the ancestral lands.
- Critics might rightly claim that the movie lacked originality.
- No one can rightly claim to have invented the internet.
- They rightly claimed compensation for the damage caused.
- He felt he could rightly claim the title of champion.
- The community leaders rightly claimed that their voices were not heard.
- It is a victory they can rightly claim as their own.
- Historians will rightly claim this period as a turning point.
- One cannot rightly claim expertise without years of experience.