1
as in rewarding
to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement
we will award the top three contestants in the essay competition
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as in granting
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
custody of the boy was awarded to the grandparents
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Recent Examples of awarding
The entire process from posting the grant for applications through awarding the funds takes a minimum of two to three months in the best of circumstances, said Jae Kennedy, president of the Alliance for NIDILRR Grantees and a professor of health and disability policy at Washington State University.
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Lauren Chan, STAT, 19 June 2026
English law now recognizes bitcoin as property, but Hussain v Fix suggests that courts may still be cautious about awarding bitcoin when a claim can instead be expressed in pounds.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Before awarding the contract, the university approved a sole-source procurement exception, citing the importance of maintaining a consistent artistic style among the Assembly Hall monuments.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026
Australia is accelerating efforts to protect frontline troops from the growing threat of small drones, awarding a contract to defense technology firm OpenWorks under the Australian Defence Force’s Land 156 counter-drone program.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
The Austin Film Society has grown into one of the country’s largest film organizations, operating a repertory theater, managing a film studio, a public access TV studio with over 600 hundred producers, and awarding over $3,000,000 in grants to Texas filmmakers since 1996.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 June 2026
The grant-making organization is awarding $100,000 each in unrestricted funding to 12 artists, including Kelly Akashi, Charles Atlas, Alex Da Corte, and Senga Nengudi, among others.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
The foundation has been awarding the prizes since 1991.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
As is traditional at tattoo conventions, each day of the Capitol City Classic wraps up with a tattoo competition, with judges awarding prizes to artwork in various styles.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Lauren Chan, STAT, 19 June 2026
English law now recognizes bitcoin as property, but Hussain v Fix suggests that courts may still be cautious about awarding bitcoin when a claim can instead be expressed in pounds.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Before awarding the contract, the university approved a sole-source procurement exception, citing the importance of maintaining a consistent artistic style among the Assembly Hall monuments.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026
Australia is accelerating efforts to protect frontline troops from the growing threat of small drones, awarding a contract to defense technology firm OpenWorks under the Australian Defence Force’s Land 156 counter-drone program.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
The Austin Film Society has grown into one of the country’s largest film organizations, operating a repertory theater, managing a film studio, a public access TV studio with over 600 hundred producers, and awarding over $3,000,000 in grants to Texas filmmakers since 1996.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 June 2026
The grant-making organization is awarding $100,000 each in unrestricted funding to 12 artists, including Kelly Akashi, Charles Atlas, Alex Da Corte, and Senga Nengudi, among others.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
The foundation has been awarding the prizes since 1991.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
As is traditional at tattoo conventions, each day of the Capitol City Classic wraps up with a tattoo competition, with judges awarding prizes to artwork in various styles.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awarding
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When leaders understand who has the capability, potential and readiness to grow, promotions become a strategic lever for building organizational capacity, not simply rewarding past performance.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The process will prove to be rewarding.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
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Peters had asked about partisanship in granting major disaster declarations.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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In April, a Lake County judge tossed out Johnson’s life sentence, crediting him for the 30 years served, granting him parole and releasing him from prison.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Fabric from the Wright Brothers' flight honoring the state's connection to the birth of aviation.—
Swasti Singhai,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The foundation’s media awards, honoring cookbook authors, journalists and other media professionals, were presented Saturday, June 13.—
Brock Keeling,
Daily News,
16 June 2026
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After conferring, Robinson and the other justices returned the case to the lower court for further proceedings.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2026
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The chemical is believed to work in a number of ways—jamming smell detectors so that mosquitoes cannot recognize a human or animal target, conferring a bitter taste that mosquitoes detect on their feet, or mimicking the smell of natural mosquito-repelling plants.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
28 May 2026
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Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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Kennedy then mentioned her daughter and became emotional while commending her work.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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