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Some appear to confer small benefits, while some come with hype that science doesn’t back up.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 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

They confer the same economic and legal ownership, dividend and governance rights as their underlying shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The consequence is to confer substantially greater discretion on the executive.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

They lean down to confer with their clients, go on and off the record, consult their calendars.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

“Whether that automatically confers a sustainably higher valuation for healthcare is an entirely separate issue, however.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Leisa is a phenomenal talent, and casting directors and filmmakers will be sitting up and taking notice. She has warmth and charisma and that magical but unquantifiable essence that confers star status," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

Consequently, the clause confers on Congress especially broad authority over state electoral systems and makes judicial second-guessing of legislation designed to ensure equal representation for all particularly improper.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

Let each one leave his children every good thing this realm confers upon him!

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The Crown didn’t take offense; Queen Elizabeth II conferred Stewart’s knighthood in 2010.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

They stared ahead or conferred with their lawyers, who said they advised their clients not to look at the victims so it couldn't be misconstrued.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

It said states "cannot choose to use the federal mails to carry out their elections but then insist that their election-related mail is somehow exempt from the Postal Service's rule-making authority, conferred by Congress".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s clear they also wanted to maintain the impunity conferred by America’s superpower status.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

She watched as they re-formed, conferred briefly, and galloped back the way they had come.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Overseas, synthetic tokens, which track stock prices without conferring ownership rights, sometimes deviated significantly from real stock values during off hours and periods of low trading volume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Downing Street published a list of the nominations, external and said the King "has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring peerages".

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

As the Bank of Southwark went public in Philadelphia, investors hired muscular goons to sign their names into the subscription books conferring the right to buy shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

After conferring with Parias’ 19-year-old son, Rivera asked the judge if the young man could hug his father, whom he hadn’t seen in a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

She leaned back into the cockpit for a moment—Maddie could see several figures beckoning and conferring behind her.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein