conferring
Example Sentences
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This status brought “a safety premium,” conferring lower everyday borrowing costs for the U.S. and virtually unlimited financing capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Downing Street published a list of the nominations, external and said the King "has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring peerages".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The concept of a Christian “holy war”—a war conferring spiritual benefits—originates in medieval Latin Christianity, with its crusader theology of bellum sacrum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
After conferring with Parias’ 19-year-old son, Rivera asked the judge if the young man could hug his father, whom he hadn’t seen in a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
But after some conferring, the judge announced that the hearing was adjourned until the afternoon, at which time the witnesses would be heard.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
