awarded

VERB

give prize or reward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate allot assign bestow confer distribute donate grant hand out present reward

STRONG

accord adjudge apportion concede decree endow gift render

WEAK

dish out fork out shell out sweeten the kitty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep refuse take withhold

STRONG

disagree

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the June 13, 2026, print edition as 'Lively Awarded Fees In Dispute With Baldoni'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Appeared in the October 9, 2025, print edition as 'Nobel in Chemistry Awarded for Molecular Work'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1932, Galsworthy is better known for his novels than his plays.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

Awarded an MBE for her services to sport, Price's childhood dreams had all come true before she even turned professional.

From BBC • May 10, 2024

Dr Henry Hutchinson £30 3 years Awarded on results of Stewart Literary First Examination in Arts Scholarship Tipperary County £50 3 years Council #University Post-Graduate.#

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Morley, Edith J.