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awarded

VERB

give prize or reward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate allot assign bestow confer distribute donate grant hand out present reward

STRONG

accord adjudge apportion concede decree endow gift render

WEAK

dish out fork out shell out sweeten the kitty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep refuse take withhold

STRONG

disagree

Example Sentences

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In October 2024, another group of fishermen from Ghana were awarded £20,000 each in compensation by the UK government.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Jurors awarded Nancy Iskander another $35 million for serious emotional distress and $34 million to Zachary, their surviving son, for emotional suffering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

This was awarded a Guinness World Record for most costly video game battle, as more than £280,000 of assets were destroyed.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Points were awarded for bigger cargo, and the best you could hope for was two crates, or six points.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee