afforded

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“It is worth emphasizing that this situation would never have arisen had the Government simply afforded Plaintiffs their constitutional rights before initially deporting them,” the judge wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Every now and then a particular asset is afforded greater heft than usual in determining broader market machinations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

“I don’t know that they could have afforded any of those things when they were in Cuba,” he tells De Los.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

It was a space where she and her female friends could engage with Boys' Love in a way that afforded them more agency over their own pleasure.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Until 1996, there was a basic understanding that poverty-stricken mothers raising children should be afforded some minimal level of assistance with food and shelter.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander