something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
it's a given that television viewers are influenced by advertising, even consciously or subconsciously
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Recent Examples of given
Noun
Schedule flexibility, reliable childcare, predictable transportation—these are treated as givens in how jobs are designed.—
Caroline Fairchild,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026 Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Cook sued, arguing in part that she had not been given adequate notice or an opportunity to respond before the president sought to remove her.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
10 Aug. 2026 The Gates Foundation has given the University of Washington the largest grant in its history, a 10-year award worth $540 million for the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research unit at UW.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for given
The National Disaster Management Agency, or BNPB, said nearly 48,900 hectares (121,000 acres) of peatland had burned across six fire-prone provinces as of Monday, with the largest affected area in West Kalimantan on Borneo island.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2026
Recently, deadly fires in Paradise, Marshall, Lahaina, and Los Angeles share the same message for residents living in or close to risky fire-prone areas.
The two hit it off – so well, in fact, Knight donated $400,000 to the on-campus Paterno libraries and would speak at the coach’s 2012 funeral.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2026
The candidates also have significant money donated to their own campaigns, which gives them the ability to make their own decisions on spending, messaging and voter outreach.
Its own store gives DeMellier control over a part of the customer relationship previously handed to other retailers, while putting it physically alongside businesses charging multiples of its prices.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2026
And last week's shakeup handed day-to-day authority from DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis to his deputy, Koray Kavukcuoglu, who now has final say on major DeepMind decisions and reports to CEO Sundar Pichai.
Comedian, actor, and entertainer Bill Bellamy will be presented with the Icon Award at the 2026 Whats Funny Comedy Festival, recognizing his decades of excellence and impact on stand-up comedy and entertainment.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2026
But sustaining that rotation has presented its own challenges.
Although the market has adapted and prices have remained relatively low considering the historic supply shock during the war, that’s in large part because demand for oil collapsed and China drew down its massive oil stockpiles.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2026
But he was forced to apologize after his plans to form a subsidiary to run the tournament, which would have opened the door for investors to buy stakes of up to 20% in a spinout firm, collapsed after widespread backlash across the sport.
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