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conferring
adjective as in holding a conference
Example Sentences
Usually if you have something come out and really start to spread internationally, and grow and take over, there’s some pretty apparent change that is conferring that kind of advantage to it.
A group called Brown Alumni for Palestine said in a news release Sunday that it led the disruption at the ceremony, where Paxson and the Brown Corporation were conferring diplomas to the graduating class.
From a bohemian lineage of music and art, she drove her rebellious allure straight into the Stones’ ascendancy, conferring on the band a chic clout.
"Among survivors exposed to alkylating agents, these variants are conferring differential risk based on the ancestry, which may partially explain some of the disparity in type 2 diabetes burden in survivors."
But bella moths aren't limited by the latter, making it more likely that genes conferring increased longevity will be beneficial and passed down to the next generation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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