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confer

[kuhn-fur] / kənˈfɜr /




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Different types of workouts also confer their own benefits when it comes to health and weight maintenance.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The DHS statement addressed the issue: “To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

That’s why older first-time parents should confer with their own parents to tackle the “who’s going to take care of you?” question.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The consequence is to confer substantially greater discretion on the executive.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

The growth is so thick and matted that even the wind does not move it, but it is the moonlight that seems to confer stillness upon it.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Barbara, the chief justice and Justice Barrett joined the liberal bloc in holding that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship to U.S.-born children whose parents are in the country unlawfully or temporarily.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

At the heart of the case is the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, which confers citizenship on anyone “born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Consequently, the clause confers on Congress especially broad authority over state electoral systems and makes judicial second-guessing of legislation designed to ensure equal representation for all particularly improper.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

And while it confers some key benefits — particularly a 2% reward on Costco purchases, delivered annually in the form of a store certificate — it isn’t necessarily a VIP-type program.

From MarketWatch Mar. 13, 2026

As with anyone who has acted successfully, the experience gives Mariela both a thrill and a jolt of confidence—but for her, it confers an additional meaning and benefit.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Conscious feelings have more efficacy than nonconscious processes, meaning that once they emerged, they conferred so great an advantage that natural selection had to favor them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It’s clear they also wanted to maintain the impunity conferred by America’s superpower status.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

King Charles III conferred royal status on the Port of Barrow for its contribution to national defense.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

"Parliament was alive to the fact that those powers conferred on the secretary of state were significant powers," Sir James told the judges.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Rabbi Boruch, Shmuel, and another man Hannah did not know conferred hastily with the Nazi chief, the one with all the medals.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Gulf states aren’t the only ones conferring with the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

A firefighting aircraft was able to fly over the fire Monday and was conferring with firefighters on the ground to decide whether it would be possible to use more aircraft, Theune said.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

"After conferring with the league office, because Lamar didn't take starter reps in practice, we updated our report to reflect his practice participation," the Ravens said.

From Barron's Oct. 31, 2025

The lawyers stopped conferring, the prosecutors awaiting other cases paid attention, and family members ceased their chatter.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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