bestowed (on or upon)

past tense of bestow (on or upon)

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Verb
  • With a dedicated press corps covering the team, the Football Association provided a swanky workroom for reporters (including those in Kansas City).
    Pete Grathoff June 14, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • That trove of information provided a glimpse across thousands of miles between New England and the Caribbean and at depths reaching about 6,500 feet deep.
    Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Investigators determined that Teahan had supplied Windham with the fentanyl that caused his death.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • Examples include keeping production lines supplied, coordinating tasks across facilities and preparing workspaces for the next shift.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • On Saturday afternoon, thousands of Brazil fans, clad in highlighter yellow jerseys, made the trek to New York/New Jersey Stadium (MetLife Stadium) to watch their team play Morocco in its first game of this World Cup.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026
  • Two sides of the building are clad in giant words, the letters 5 feet tall, drawn from his 2015 speech marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The smart glasses come equipped with a proprietary liquid-crystal-on-silicon display that reproduces 16 million colors and offers a 51° field of view.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The open mid-modern tropical common area is equipped with two communal tables overlooking a tower of bamboo and an open kitchen where Ayurvedic meals are prepared, including daily teas made by an in-house herbalist.
    Sandra Guzmán, USA Today, 18 June 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 21 Jun. 2026.

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