granted

Example Sentences

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She says she doesn’t take it for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Iran's football team has been granted visas to enter the US ahead of the the World Cup next week, US officials have confirmed.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Earlier this year, the California Fish and Game Commission granted threatened species status to six mountain lion populations to try to boost their chances of survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Texas counties only possess powers explicitly granted by the Legislature, he wrote, and Hood County did not even have powers to require a concept plan.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Somehow it was taken for granted that an American could not have aficion.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway