confer

Example Sentences

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Baghaei said that there have been no direct negotiations, but only messages through intermediaries stating that the U.S. wants to confer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

But she also noted that Mastercard and Visa have “two-sided networks across billions of consumers and hundreds of millions of merchants” that confer major incumbency advantages.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

That afternoon Mrs. Frisby told the children that she must leave them to confer again with the rats about moving the house.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien