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given

[giv-uhn] / ˈgɪv ən /


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College administrators also wondered if it wouldn’t be better to have a women’s soccer team, given the demographics of the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

But given “the structural challenge of a good part of their business,” he said, “I’m not actually sure that it’s a great stock right now.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Angelus prayer is typically given by the pope from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter's Square.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The cost would be that the Fed risks falling behind the curve given the booming U.S. economy, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Gertie is given an option: She can live with a German sponsor, or she can become a prisoner of war.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

His thinking begins instead with three separate givens: God, world, human being.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

They call each other wives, because in 2025 same-sex marriage and parenting are givens, not distant fantasies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

But coach Bev Priestman suggested that growing parity means there are no givens.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

My criticism is not that these characterizations don’t ring true to me, but that they are givens enacted with such fidelity that they render the world static.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

They were, like this new body she was growing into, givens.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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