afforded
Example Sentences
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The 21-page document argues that the benefits afforded by such an addition make it both necessary and warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
De Los Santos was especially vulnerable because, like me, he had worked less than a year as a guard and was still on probationary status—not afforded all the protections of union members, in other words.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
