- past participle of give.
given
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In the dressing room, the Kings have given Kopitar’s crown to defenseman Drew Doughty, who will take over as captain in his 19th NHL season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
One figure that is unavailable in public records is whether any given defendant has started to pay, or has fully paid off, their financial obligations.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
“It has given very good results,” Teran said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The researchers then compared those animals with mice that did not receive the drug but were given the same amount of food.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The blanket was a poor threadbare affair compared with the ones we had given up, but at least the overcrowding produced its own warmth.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
Things once viewed as inconceivable are now unavoidable; things once taken as givens are now in doubt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
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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