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as in donated
to make a present of
bestowed a new car on their son for graduation
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
eventually the refugee family was bestowed in its own apartment
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Recent Examples of bestowed
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Males made up more than 75 percent of Friday’s North American audience, which bestowed the film with a B+ CinemaScore.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
While the Air Foamposite Pro is set for a public release, at least one of the Mummy Duck styles bestowed upon the university will remain exclusive to its players.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
The prize, overseen by the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), will be bestowed on Bugno at the awards ceremony for its 10th Critics’ Awards for Arab Films in Cannes on May 16.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2026
William Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest honor bestowed upon American service members for acts of valor.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
The Greek goddess stands on a pedestal, holding a golden apple bestowed on her for her beauty — a classic ideal of beauty as old as, well, ancient Greece.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Since its founding, the Foundation has bestowed 434 awards on laureates from more than 40 countries, and the Canada Gairdner International Award has become a defining recognition in the global biomedical community, with 103 past laureates going on to receive the Nobel Prize.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The White House trip is an honor bestowed to the championship winning teams in both college and professional sports.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 May 2026
Verb
The awards were handed out at a ceremony on Sunday, March 10 and bestowed by juries of industry executives, journalists, creators, and experts.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Males made up more than 75 percent of Friday’s North American audience, which bestowed the film with a B+ CinemaScore.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
While the Air Foamposite Pro is set for a public release, at least one of the Mummy Duck styles bestowed upon the university will remain exclusive to its players.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
The prize, overseen by the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), will be bestowed on Bugno at the awards ceremony for its 10th Critics’ Awards for Arab Films in Cannes on May 16.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2026
William Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest honor bestowed upon American service members for acts of valor.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
The Greek goddess stands on a pedestal, holding a golden apple bestowed on her for her beauty — a classic ideal of beauty as old as, well, ancient Greece.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Since its founding, the Foundation has bestowed 434 awards on laureates from more than 40 countries, and the Canada Gairdner International Award has become a defining recognition in the global biomedical community, with 103 past laureates going on to receive the Nobel Prize.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The White House trip is an honor bestowed to the championship winning teams in both college and professional sports.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestowed
Adjective
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Does a user keep expressing linguistic markers throughout a given conversation?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.—
Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
5 June 2023
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Musk, who donated $38 million to OpenAI early on, wanted control of the for-profit; the other founders were against it.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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Glenn Gould Prize recipients receive $100,000, which John donated back to the Glenn Gould Foundation.—
Karen Bliss,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
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It is housed in the same building as the attraction’s affiliate, The Escape Game, which opened in 2015 and took hold in the world of escape rooms.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The Spanish Revival skyscraper once housed one of the city’s first newspapers, but later served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans seeking asylum in the United States, according to Miami Dade College, which now operates the site as a museum.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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On Tuesday, Clarke’s team shared a tribute to the fan favorite, who donated money and frequently volunteered in the Memphis community.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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No one volunteered, so Darcy called on Akil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Customers were accommodated on other flights.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Organizers ultimately expanded several booths at the request of returning exhibitors, further tightening the number of galleries that could be accommodated.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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The reliever, who had previously kept the ball in the park all year, also gave one up to the Brewers’ Jake Bauers in the Yankees’ loss on Saturday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
12 May 2026
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The historian learned not only the date of the house, but that the property’s first buyer was Thomas Clark, who later likely gave it to a son, Jonah Clark, upon his wedding to Sarah Northrop.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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At various points throughout the past few months, the loose body would become lodged elsewhere inside Skubal’s arm, like a stick in a bike tire and Skubal’s elbow would become locked.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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One bullet lodged in a panel on the SUV’s passenger side.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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Colman Domingo will also be presented with the Variety Creative Conscience Award on June 19, after which he will be joined in conversation by Variety’s Jazz Tangcay.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The data is being presented at a meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy in Boston.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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“Bestowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestowed. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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