BESTOWED (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

bestowed (on or upon)

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past tense of bestow (on or upon)

as in conferred (on)

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The new buildings also provided cheaper housing options for Caracas workers who couldn’t afford to live in the city.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Tehran has provided the group with sea mines, ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones), according to a 2021 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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In a statement, historic preservation group Historic KC said the building once served as the headquarters of the Western Newspaper Union, whose services supplied thousands of weekly newspapers through the country in the early 1900s.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement on Saturday that the fuel depot in Noginsk that was targeted overnight supplied the Russian armed forces.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

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On this day, four guests — clad in masks, snorkels, flippers, and dressed in all black to reduce the risk of being confused for a fish by the sharks — clung onto a safety line and watched as the silky sharks encircled them.

— Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
At product launches, company events, and trade shows, Huang is nearly always clad in his trademark black Tom Ford leather jacket.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 July 2026

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The suits are equipped with miniature oxygen generators that allow the cockroaches to survive for up to three hours underwater or in low-oxygen conditions.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
But that also means that few theaters are equipped to show the movie in the resolutions it was intended.

— Zuri Primos July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

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