granting
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Some city halls are restricting the granting of tourist-flat permits, and Barcelona has said it will revoke the licenses of all its 10,000 short-term apartments by 2028.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
He pointed to a 1999 state law granting Hood County’ special powers to protect the watershed feeding Lake Granbury and the Brazos River in unincorporated areas.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
In Maine, enrollment in a program granting $500 to newborns switched from 40% to 100%.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Google and Facebook both put in place supervoting shares before they went public, granting their founders a level of outsized control.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
I’d been imagining myself frowning at the crowd from our usual bolt-hole and worrying over whether I’d do well enough in the tournament to impress one of the royal family into granting me knighthood.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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