conferred

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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

These are structural properties that survived billions of years of optimization because maintaining them conferred advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

A CBE has been conferred to mezzo-soprano Alice Coote.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

While the firefighters conferred about this, Chess whispered, “Natalie, there are three of us. All he’ll know is that our mom has totally disappeared. He’ll never...”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix