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conferred

[kuhn-furd] / kənˈfɜrd /
ADJECTIVE
presented
Synonyms


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Our founders didn’t believe that power should rest with one person, and that however much was conferred on the president, it was temporary.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

And interviewing a sitting president has long conferred prestige, which might well feel paramount amid shrinking audiences and newsroom layoffs.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

If it has, the U.S. will officially lose the measles elimination status that the organization conferred in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Foreign citizens can be conferred knighthoods or damehoods but are not dubbed and cannot use the title Sir or Dame.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

But the bottled oxygen conferred other benefits that weren’t so easily quantified.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer