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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

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

The president also told reporters that he’d always wanted to be honored by the Kennedy Center, joking that he muscled his way into the institution to bestow the award on himself.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025

"O enlightened Vizier," said the Tisroc, "bestow your wisdom upon us concerning this strange proposal."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

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

Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Three senior Ukrainian officials have also said they are returning awards bestowed by Poland, to show solidarity with their president.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Similarly, the prize for actor was bestowed on both Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, co-stars of Lukas Dhont’s World War I romantic drama “Coward.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 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

For the most part, “I Swear” is a string of anecdotes about Mr. Davidson’s life, culminating in an honor bestowed by Queen Elizabeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

In 1865, nine years after Sikhdar’s computations had been confirmed, Waugh bestowed the name Mount Everest on Peak XV, in honor of Sir George Everest, his predecessor as surveyor general.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

In addition to bestowing upon us the greatest of all human attributes—empathy—books also compel us to read in ever widening circles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The biggest engines are often installed in pairs or quads, bestowing “Miami Vice”-style speed on large vessels packed with creature comforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He would begin a performance with Glass at the piano, bestowing an ingratiating quality of quiet pleasure on Ginsberg’s flowery imagery.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

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

My intent is not to honor these passages as if I were bestowing a prize, nor to hold them up as models for you to emulate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker