confer
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But, it said, court decisions, the county’s Employee Relations Commission and the law “require that the County ... meet and confer with labor partners about the impacts before documents are shared. Those discussions are underway.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The FTC even argued the 1976 law’s “capacious” language “signals Congress’s intent to confer considerable discretion on the Commission.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
"Individuals recovering from severe viral pneumonia, particularly those with smoking history, may benefit from enhanced lung cancer surveillance, and preventing severe infection through vaccination may confer indirect cancer protection benefits."
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
To read the word regulate to confer some independent tariff authority would undermine that clear legislative purpose.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
The two men confer, standing so close their foreheads nearly touch.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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