conferred
Example Sentences
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These are structural properties that survived billions of years of optimization because maintaining them conferred advantage.
If it has, the U.S. will officially lose the measles elimination status that the organization conferred in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times
“Counsel conferred with his client outside the presence of the government, but defendant did not change his prior statements.’
From Los Angeles Times
Jackson briefly conferred with Reiner in court then went into chambers for around 10 minutes before returning to withdraw from the case.
Foreign citizens can be conferred knighthoods or damehoods but are not dubbed and cannot use the title Sir or Dame.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
