be granted
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The court ordered four other suspects be granted conditional release, it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The rest will be granted in time-based RSUs that vest semiannually in equal installments of 12.5% over four years, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Amid the outcry, Rocha Moya announced Saturday night he was asking state lawmakers to grant him another leave — a request certain to be granted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Guy is probably the worst human to be granted the Green Lantern’s powers: He’s pompous, ill-mannered and insecure.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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