conferred

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Furthermore, she wrote, Puig went into the bathroom with defense lawyers and possibly conferred about the case.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In February 2023, the local authority issued care proceedings on the basis that the girls were "beyond parental control" and conferred parental responsibility onto their birth parents.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Our founders didn’t believe that power should rest with one person, and that however much was conferred on the president, it was temporary.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

And interviewing a sitting president has long conferred prestige, which might well feel paramount amid shrinking audiences and newsroom layoffs.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

In fact, of 739 doctorates in mathematics awarded by American universities in 1986-87, slightly less than half, only 362, were conferred on United States citizens.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos