bestows (on or upon)

present tense third-person singular of bestow (on or upon)

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Verb
  • The company, which provides infrastructure for AI, reported revenue that more than doubled from a year earlier, beating analyst expectations.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2025
  • In addition, Blaze Pizza will donate $1 from every pizza sold that day to Folds of Honor, which provides educational scholarships to military families.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Its battery reportedly supplies enough power to dispense two full truckloads of fuel.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Cytiva, which supplies filtration, single-use hardware, and other manufacturing tools for biologic drugs, saw high single-digit core revenue growth.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Bestows (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestows%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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