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  • past participle of give.
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given

[giv-uhn] / ˈgɪv ən /


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"If we become too dependent on services or products from a given country, that makes us vulnerable, whatever that country may be," Skjold-Lorange warned.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Thill said he anticipates that the company could announce even higher spending levels in 2027, given the severe supply-demand imbalance for compute.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

But given “the structural challenge of a good part of their business,” he said, “I’m not actually sure that it’s a great stock right now.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The convicted killers' full names could not be given for legal reasons, and they were only identified as Jesús Gerardo, Irineo Francisco and Ángel Jesús.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I was also given back my watch, my Dutch money, and Mama’s ring.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

His thinking begins instead with three separate givens: God, world, human being.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

They call each other wives, because in 2025 same-sex marriage and parenting are givens, not distant fantasies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

But coach Bev Priestman suggested that growing parity means there are no givens.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

My criticism is not that these characterizations don’t ring true to me, but that they are givens enacted with such fidelity that they render the world static.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner


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