- past participle of give.
given
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No reason was given to students who spoke to AFP, some of whom requested anonymity for security reasons.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I never told nobody, I just kept doing every show,” said YoungBoy, who also goes by YoungBoy Never Broke Again and whose given name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Madjo - and fellow teenage forward George Hemmings - were given their chance against PSG with Emery insisting he would not rush Watkins, Emi Martinez and Ezri Konsa back for the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Controllers are typically given a three-minute warning by Marine One crews to clear the airspace of civilian traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Three weekends in a row helping Dad was enough for me, especially given the amount of homework I had piling up.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
His thinking begins instead with three separate givens: God, world, human being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Bolch: A few things have become givens about the Bruins under Chip Kelly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
But coach Bev Priestman suggested that growing parity means there are no givens.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
It is only in such moments, when the musical acknowledges its givens, that it comes to life.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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