afforded

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And — get this, this part is really wild — you afforded the man who basically lives at the charity stripe only three free-throw attempts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

She told us most families who sought her advice had already been to the NHS and private health professionals but had not been "afforded sufficient guidance or resolution" regarding concerns about their babies.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

As Chester told me, “The system is so extensive, it’s impossible for the average person to opt out of” all the means of tracking afforded by TV-as-internet.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Instead, Harron engages with Solanas’ work inside the context of the world in which Solanas created it, depicting her with far more empathy than the tabloids ever afforded.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

As they shed their wet coats and tromped through the building, they marveled at the luxuries the new quarters afforded.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown