- past participle of give.
given
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He finished on 11 under par, having edged in front after then-leader South Africa's Shaun Norris was given a bizarre two-shot penalty for kicking away a loose divot on the fairway.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Thirty-five years of Ukrainian independence constitutes a great victory, especially given the battles of the past 12 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Greer said those measures would have given Canada "the most preferential treatment of any trading partner," according to the Times.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Their appearance highlights the ability of landscapes to regenerate when natural ecological processes are given enough time to operate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
And that system can change its mind at any given moment.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
My criticism is not that these characterizations don’t ring true to me, but that they are givens enacted with such fidelity that they render the world static.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
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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