be granted
Example Sentences
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A Texas summer camp where 27 girls died in a flood last July has been informed by state authorities that it hasn’t met adequate safety standards to be granted an operating license for this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
US officials suggested early in the blockade that certain vessels would be granted exemptions on humanitarian grounds, but did not specify the exact conditions.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
It is the most intrusive process employed by the government for those required to access sensitive material and be granted the highest level of security clearance.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
