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bestow

[bih-stoh] / bɪˈstoʊ /


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“We were providing them with data they thought was valuable that they want to replicate on their own using the best practices we could bestow on them,” Abramson said.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

And because we can learn from it, the authority we bestow on the dictionary is gratifyingly reciprocal.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

Twenty-one percent of managers say Tesla is the market’s most richly valued stock, while 13% bestow the “honor” on Nvidia.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

In 1967 he was elected to the PGA of America Hall of Fame - the highest honour it can bestow upon its membership or ambassadors of golf.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2025

For an extended pensive time, his shaggy head held sadly in his hands, Pacheco stared at this minuscule thing on which he had so omnipotently decided to bestow a future.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Supporters think the passage bestows citizenship on virtually any person born in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

In order to truly feel the benefit and gift that this money bestows, you clearly need to make sure it makes a difference elsewhere, too.

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

“No,” he added, “it is the office of the president that bestows those far-reaching protections to the office holder.”

From Slate Jan. 10, 2025

Cannes is a thoroughly French affair, but its love for le cinéma américain is evident everywhere from the faded images of Hollywood stars that are scattered about to the honorary awards that the event bestows.

From New York Times May 24, 2024

By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Britain’s Prince Harry bestowed its name on the athletic games he created for wounded soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

The Sharks won the league title in Finch’s second year in charge, and his own players marveled at the defensive superpowers he bestowed on them.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Dame Mary Berry will be bestowed with Bafta's highest honorary award, the Bafta Fellowship, while Martin Lewis will receive the Special Award.

From BBC May 9, 2026

Their impeccable hearing and quick thinking were rewarded by the Austrian emperor, who bestowed the pretzel bakers with their own coat of arms featuring two lions holding a massive pretzel.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

And when he’d skin a knee or bump his head, if I was around he would not stop crying until I bestowed a magic kiss on the injury, after which he’d miraculously recover.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

But that’s not why the National Book Foundation is bestowing its 2025 Literarian Award on her later this year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2025

The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

It's as if he's bestowing on the people a special gift from the king and they should be grateful to him personally.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2024

Oscar voters lined up behind a classic studio blockbuster on Tuesday, bestowing 13 nominations on Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” the most for any movie, and setting up the long-awaited coronation of Nolan as Hollywood’s leading filmmaker.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2024

“Maybe you could at that,” he replied, with an air of bestowing a great favor.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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