granted

Example Sentences

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Security is omnipresent, and the comforts we take for granted in the West can vanish without warning—as when my upscale hotel couldn’t muster a hot shower.

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

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

“Obviously I would be lying to say I wasn’t disappointed. I would have loved to have made the cut today, granted all day,” Wie West said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn’t always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott