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bestow

[bih-stoh] / bɪˈstoʊ /


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And because we can learn from it, the authority we bestow on the dictionary is gratifyingly reciprocal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Australians demand success against Australia to bestow respect upon an opposing player.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

So you’ll have to wait until next fall to see the Recording Academy bestow Swift with her eighth nomination for album of the year, as indeed it’s sure to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

“It is my... pleasure,” Octavian said, forcing out the last word, “to bestow upon you the Mural Crown for being first over the walls in siege warfare.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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