conferred

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The IRS was told to remedy this back in 2017, and conferred it with the SSA, but it determined that coming up with a new data-sharing plan wouldn’t be “useful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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

If it has, the U.S. will officially lose the measles elimination status that the organization conferred in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

They had flown from a secret airfield in Canada to a rendezvous somewhere in Siberia, and had conferred with members of the Eurasian General Staff, to whom they had betrayed important military secrets.

From "1984" by George Orwell