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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Businesses have provided direct contributions surpassing $32 million.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Occhiuto’s office provided the AP with a photo of him meeting Hammer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of provided

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The wine portion of the festival will feature selections from around the world supplied through a single distributor.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Humans chose the victim, supplied credentials and set up the attack infrastructure, but instead of human collaborators, AI was used as a trusty, fast, tireless cybercrime assistant.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
That was enough for France, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in the city where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier.

— Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026

Definition of clothed

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Many men, now subjected to heterosexual contempt as a culturally significant collective force for the first time, have proved less equipped to process it within the bounds of a basic social contract.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
The new stage is fully soundproofed and equipped with a technical grid and climate-control systems designed for scripted and unscripted shoots.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 July 2026

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