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“Once a weapon is used in battle, and once it shows itself to confer an advantage, it becomes much more difficult for countries to give that up,” Jenkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 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

Yet this paper was so childish and ill-advised that it would hardly be prudent to confer upon it the award.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Our hypermasculine era has already championed testosterone as a buzzword—an elixir that confers virility, confidence and power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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

The fact that they’re already in the S&P MidCap 400, however, confers a potential advantage over companies not in that smaller index, Roberts noted.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

“All right, everybody, let’s open our books, because science confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

According to the NCES, U.S. colleges and universities conferred more than 950,000 master’s and doctorate degrees in education between 2016 and 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

He and Flores sat quietly, wearing headphones for translation while their attorneys conferred with the judge.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Alexander Hamilton noted in Federalist No. 32 that the constitutional requirement of a “uniform” naturalization law conferred exclusive jurisdiction on the federal government, to the exclusion of the states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Clare had previously always conferred with the all-knowing Afterlife, so, for the sake of the charade, he closed his eye, pretending to do just that.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

As the Bank of Southwark went public in Philadelphia, investors hired muscular goons to sign their names into the subscription books conferring the right to buy shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

All the Model 82958s began conferring in whispers.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix