conferred (on)

past tense of confer (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conferred (on)
Verb
  • Live Nation has now provided Bonnaroo a hefty budget for further improvements, like reseeding the property and reinforcing runoff pathways.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In some cases, the water provided by the program may be the only resource to stave off fatal dehydration across an entire region.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These approvals would enable architects and developers to use SUPERWOOD as cladding on taller buildings.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That’s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d’etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • It's supplied in a compact 30-ml syringe and can be quickly applied in the field before a patient bleeds out, a risk responsible for more than 35% of all prehospital deaths.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Brooks, who was granted the right to again represent himself in April, has not reached out to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about his plans after his former attorney supplied him with a reporter's contact information.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rocker's son Jack, along with his four granddaughters — Pearl, Andy, Minnie and Maple — introduced the performance, with all five clad in Ozzy t-shirts.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The counterprotesters stationed themselves on the first floor in the center of the City Hall rotunda while the police union marched in circles above them around the second-floor atrium outside the mayor's office, clad in black MPA T-shirts.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The airline expects its first aircraft equipped with next-generation internet equipment to enter service in 2027.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rescuers, equipped with specialized cutting tools, began trying to free the marine creature — but then things took a turn.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Conferred (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conferred%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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