be granted

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OpenAI has argued that Musk understood the decision to open a commercial arm, and that he left the company only after failing to be granted control.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

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

Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

"I have instructed the relevant authorities that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, be granted full and immediate access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem," Netanyahu tweeted on X.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

An ordinary salesman like Mr. Broks would never be granted a permit.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank