Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

grant

[grant, grahnt] / grænt, grɑnt /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Years later, after earning his bachelor’s degree, MD and Ph.D. at Columbia University and staying on as a junior faculty member, Yancopoulos won a $2.5 million faculty grant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

And so Freeman held that this fact alone was sufficient to grant them constitutional protections under the Second Amendment.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Wise said the rejected application was based on the premise that the Federal Reserve would grant it a master account for payment system access, an approach it now says is “non-viable.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

"The council has been pushing for new powers to keep pavements clear and has welcomed the government's decision to grant councils new powers," he said.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

She isn’t a whole lot to look at, I’ll grant you, with her sad little eyes and wrinkled mouth she keeps shut, morning till night, while she does everybody’s hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Analyst Cherilyn Radbourne says one agreement grants CN operating rights over Union Pacific’s line between Memphis and the Eagle Pass gateway to Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It said most of this would be found by replacing grants for international climate projects with loans.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“These grants help communities prepare for emergencies before disaster strikes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

A State Department official who declined to be named stressed that the process for awarding grants was ongoing and that multiple offices provide input.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Even in death penalty cases, the Court grants review only in a small percentage of the cases filed.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents Rojas, welcomed the ruling, saying the state had failed to produce evidence supporting its claims and arguing the injunction should never have been granted.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

The men, who are all British citizens, were granted bail.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Nearly four decades since he co-founded the biotech Regeneron, Yancopoulos has more than 1,000 patents worldwide, including 77 granted in the U.S., and has authored more than 500 scientific papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Thus, say county officials, there was no requirement for Universal to hold public hearings to be granted approval to build the coaster.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Throughout Europe astronomers took a keen interest in what Copernicus had to say, but, with only a very few exceptions, they took it for granted that his account of a moving Earth was simply wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Executives at each of those companies clearly indicated in May that they had no intention of granting Starlink this sort of arrangement.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

In her ruling granting a restraining order, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The European Commission has pledged more than 50 million euros in immediate assistance, along with measures granting nearly 80 percent of Armenian exports tariff-free access to the EU's 450-million-consumer single market.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The Board of Recreation and Parks approved the plan with AltaMed in May, granting it a lease into 2027.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Certainly there was something suspicious in his granting us these privileges.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




Vocabulary lists containing grant


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training