something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
it's a given that television viewers are influenced by advertising, even consciously or subconsciously
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Recent Examples of given
Noun
Schedule flexibility, reliable childcare, predictable transportation—these are treated as givens in how jobs are designed.—
Caroline Fairchild,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026 Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Cottrell, 32, remains close to Farage and has reportedly given him money for security and staff.—ABC News,
11 Aug. 2026 The new order calls for splitting up combination vaccines, like the one that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, which would be given as three shots instead of one, at three separate office visits.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for given
Preconceptions, assumptions, and advance knowledge in the viewing public are regarded as impediments to the capacity of the tale to surprise, startle, or transport.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2026
Computer models often use assumptions to manage complex atomic calculations.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2026
One dollar from every ticket sold on the North Americandates will be donated to the Trevor Project to support its mission to provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ young people.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2026
Winthrop Harbor authorities will help provide some maintenance and operational responsibilities, and the Northpoint Marina donated a slip so the boat can be quickly launched in the event of an emergency.
Its own store gives DeMellier control over a part of the customer relationship previously handed to other retailers, while putting it physically alongside businesses charging multiples of its prices.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2026
And last week's shakeup handed day-to-day authority from DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis to his deputy, Koray Kavukcuoglu, who now has final say on major DeepMind decisions and reports to CEO Sundar Pichai.
One hundred participants were presented with a series of images showcasing the airport runways, and their visual engagement was measured using eye-tracking technology to determine the most captivating landings.
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Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Aug. 2026
On this play, the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense initially presented a one-deep safety look, which is a premium look to throw a slot fade.
But that agreement, which had already effectively collapsed, officially expired on Monday with no sign of a breakthrough and as tensions have escalated.
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2026
If Biden had abandoned that commitment and stayed in Afghanistan, the Taliban would certainly have resumed their military offensive, and the Afghan army might have collapsed anyway in the long run.
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