bestow

Example Sentences

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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

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

The role of US ambassador to the UK is one of the most coveted diplomatic positions, and presidents have been known to bestow the role to prominent backers.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

So Galinda cashes in some of her cred to bestow some normalizing popularity on her green-skinned classmate who, in one night, becomes her friend.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

Yet it did bestow something on Homo sapiens as a species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari