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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conferred (on)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Officers worked to free the trapped passenger and provided medical aid until other EMS personnel and rescue crews arrived.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Several hundred Australian fuel stations are out of either gasoline or diesel despite Australian ministers assuring the public the market is well supplied.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this year, the company supplied Team USA’s Opening and Closing Ceremony outfits for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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The score came in the waning seconds of the power play and with just under two minutes in the period, and quieted the crimson and gold-clad crowd.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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The loudest moment of the night came at the 12-minute mark when Purdue’s bench and its huge contingent of yellow and black clad fans erupted as senior point guard Braden Smith made history with his 1,077th career assist, breaking the 33-year-old NCAA record set in 1993 by Duke’s Bobby Hurley.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Swift Observatory is equipped with a Burst Alert Telescope that surveys a huge amount of the sky at once, looking for flashes of light and pinpointing their locations.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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The property is equipped with a heating system and a cooling system.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The shots were awarded after a flagrant-one foul call on the Jayhawks, so the Aztecs got the ball right after that.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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While the $6 million in damages a jury in Los Angeles awarded to the 20-year-old plaintiff — which the companies vowed to appeal — will barely register on their balance sheets, the impact of the verdict will likely be more damaging and harder to quantify.—
Kurt Wagner,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Conferred (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conferred%20%28on%29. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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