afforded
Example Sentences
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The ruling concerns a travel provision afforded to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program created in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It also didn’t transmit its position, according to flight trackers, secrecy that would have afforded the president some protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
If we lose that food security afforded by our pollinators we could have a global food crisis on our hands.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Her resignation, however, afforded her the freedom to expound the political ideas that are expected to feature heavily in Burnham's administration.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I am unused to such scrupulous politeness being afforded to me—he’s doing me the courtesy of not asking for my true name.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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