conferral

Example Sentences

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“The TPS program gives foreign nationals nonimmigrant status, but it does not admit them. So the conferral of TPS does not make an unlawful entrant…eligible” for a green card, she wrote.

From Seattle Times

The word “grant” connotes a gift, bestowal, conferral or transfer by one person to another — not to himself.

From Washington Post

The ceremony format prompted by the coronavirus pandemic includes the conferral of degrees and the reading of the names of every graduating senior, according to a statement from President Kathleen McCartney.

From Washington Times

The reality is that even with early degree conferrals, most medical institutions have sidelined tens of thousands of pairs of hands that are skilled and ready to support.

From Scientific American

The sudden conferral on the young McEntee of such broad power over thousands of civil service careers is highly unusual in the history of US government, according to public administration experts.

From The Guardian