bestow
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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 president also told reporters that he’d always wanted to be honored by the Kennedy Center, joking that he muscled his way into the institution to bestow the award on himself.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025
Economic relief comes from the unlikeliest of sources: an Indian “compassionate appointment” law that can bestow a deceased government employee’s job to the surviving spouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
Why would a mother who loved her child bestow such a fate upon him?
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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