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
Lucy described this as "Britain's hidden maths inequality" and said assistive technology support should be "granted immediately".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
