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grant
noun as in allowance, gift
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Asylum seekers are housed by the UK Home Office but, after they are granted leave to remain and become refugees, that support quickly expires.
Sir Keir Starmer said his government needed to "go further" than the measures it announced last week, which will grant police forces broader powers to restrict repeat protests.
Full emancipation for enslaved people in the British Empire, excluding some exceptions like the East India Company, was granted by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
The French government has stopped short of granting New Caledonia full independence but has offered greater autonomy, in a deal yet to be approved in a vote.
And the current Supreme Court appears ready to grant that wish.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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