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[grant, grahnt] / grænt, grɑnt /




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The funding includes £5.5bn of loans through World Bank guarantees and a grant contribution to the World Bank International Development Association's crisis facility.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Washington has said it would grant him a US visa.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Funding for the study came from a grant provided by the Gardner Family Foundation and the Precision Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases Fund.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The U.S. also receives a “most favored nation” status that requires Betancourt’s firm to disclose any other business agreements it signs, and, if they are favorable, to grant Washington matching terms.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“It’s supposed to live for a thousand years. If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.”

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Before transferring to Rutgers — where his tuition is now fully covered by grants and scholarships, some of which require him to maintain a high GPA — Carvalho attended community college to save money.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Carnegie transferred what remained into a trust, which has continued to make grants for more than a century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The research was supported by the Sky Foundation and National Institutes of Health grants P30CA016087 and R01CA245005.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Cities and states, including California, have long offered such programs to low- and middle-income homeowners, either in the form of loans or grants, and there are reportedly more than 2,700 such programs across the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

“The Director decides what news you get at Mobius and grants you access via the media units in your dwelling. All the answers you need will be given to you at the orientation.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

In Sepember, a judge granted her request to extend the restraining order for three years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Spenser arrived in Ireland in 1580, during the brutal suppression of the Second Desmond Rebellion, and became a beneficiary of the plantations, through which confiscated Irish lands were granted to English settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The FDA recently granted accelerated approval to elamipretide, a medication designed to help stabilize cardiolipin, for Barth syndrome, a rare inherited disorder.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Along with this “absolute immunity,” the justices also granted “at least presumptive immunity” for other official acts.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

If this demand were granted, you would need only eleven points out of twenty three but I would still need twelve and a half out of my twenty three.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The Senate’s version includes a proposed amendment granting limited authority to use treaty allies’ shipyards for certain noncombatant ships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

On the other hand, skeptics might believe that granting AI systems moral consideration disempowers humans and wastes resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Newsom had denied a previous decision granting parole to Van Houten but was overruled by an appellate court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It would need to be a more fundamental issue with the granting of the warrants for the police to be required to return the material from a search, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

They wanted to promote equality between the sexes by granting women property rights, access to education, opportunities for employment, and, most importantly, by giving them the right to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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