- past participle of give.
given
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It has given them perhaps their best chance yet to capture the one thing that has continually eluded them: a World Series championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yes, I knew very well that the actual band had given their ringing endorsement to this effort.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Offensively, this has given them an unmarked player or two that they have often found well.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"IEA members also supported the prioritisation of the release of diesel stocks, to the extent possible, given the current tightness in diesel markets," Birol said in his statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Lloyd and Flopears and Lester went out one night and stuffed a given amount of road apples into people’s mailboxes.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
His thinking begins instead with three separate givens: God, world, human being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Bolch: A few things have become givens about the Bruins under Chip Kelly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
But coach Bev Priestman suggested that growing parity means there are no givens.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Things once viewed as inconceivable are now unavoidable; things once taken as givens are now in doubt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
They were, like this new body she was growing into, givens.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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