confer
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Different types of workouts also confer their own benefits when it comes to health and weight maintenance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The DHS statement addressed the issue: “To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
That’s why older first-time parents should confer with their own parents to tackle the “who’s going to take care of you?” question.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The consequence is to confer substantially greater discretion on the executive.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Certainly the Ring had grown greatly in power as it approached the places of its forging; but one thing it did not confer, and that was courage.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
At the heart of the case is the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, which confers citizenship on anyone “born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Our work lays the foundation and provides preclinical evidence for a therapeutic approach for Rett syndrome that increases MeCP2 and confers functional improvement," Zoghbi said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
And high-bandwidth memory confers various benefits, such as “design stickiness,” that Loeb thinks can reduce earnings volatility in the traditionally cyclical memory industry.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
“All right, everybody, let’s open our books, because science confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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He and Flores sat quietly, wearing headphones for translation while their attorneys conferred with the judge.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It’s clear they also wanted to maintain the impunity conferred by America’s superpower status.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Douglass’s “Narrative” was his claim to the rights conferred, not upon a craftsman, but upon a human being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Alexander Hamilton noted in Federalist No. 32 that the constitutional requirement of a “uniform” naturalization law conferred exclusive jurisdiction on the federal government, to the exclusion of the states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The guard conferred with another bear, who came to speak to her.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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Gulf states aren’t the only ones conferring with the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The concept of a Christian “holy war”—a war conferring spiritual benefits—originates in medieval Latin Christianity, with its crusader theology of bellum sacrum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Bain firmly she rejected accusations of corruption and conferring political advantage.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
"After conferring with the league office, because Lamar didn't take starter reps in practice, we updated our report to reflect his practice participation," the Ravens said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Max could hear them conferring outside his bedroom door.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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