bestowed (on or upon)

past tense of bestow (on or upon)

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Verb
  • Check out the first images of The Cold Song, provided exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, below.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Customers who had been due to fly on Saturday were provided with accommodation and rebooked on alternative flights, according to the airline.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Energy is supplied via a dense 85-kilowatt-hour pack running on an 800-volt electrical architecture, allowing a 10-to-80% DC fast charge in under 15 minutes while providing a maximum highway driving range of 249 miles (400 km).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Resolving those issues is important because the weapon must not merely demonstrate its performance during testing but also be manufactured consistently and supplied in sufficient numbers.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • However, other analysts have expressed concerns about assuming that take-or-pay legal structures are iron-clad and about equating backlogs with revenue.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That followed mass demonstrations earlier this month, with students decrying run-down classrooms, missing teachers, and buildings that aren’t equipped for rising temperatures.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Still, the crowd came equipped with homemade signs and flags, espousing a political stance.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Bestowed (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestowed%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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