Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confer (on)
Verb
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If Sanders is let go, his fifth-round status, currently riding a modest $4.6 million salary, provides some upside for teams who might be interested in signing him.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
6 Aug. 2025 -
King’s Head Theatre provides the venue for the London run.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Our adobe house was equipped with nothing but electricity—no plumbing, no running water—so a fair amount of physical labor was necessary to get through each day.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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The school’s library has a podcasting area equipped with microphones.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Next to me line cooks, sous-chefs, and other assorted restaurant workers clad in athleisure are limbering up in the middle of a narrow street in downtown Manhattan, the skyscrapers casting us into shadow in the sunny weather.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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The main level is open and airy and anchored by a dramatic double-sided fireplace clad in vertical strips of wood, a motif that repeats throughout the home.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Confer (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confer%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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