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verb

past tense of grant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of granted
Verb
Early American corporate charters, after all, were granted for limited public purposes and could be revoked when abused. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 Court records show Ramirez appeared in court Thursday for a status hearing, and a Johnson County judge granted his attorney continuance. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 What is new is that a stateless actor can now generate the same knowledge without needing to be granted it by a sponsor. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The Liverpool City Council currently holds the title to the site, where a 99-year lease was granted to the Penny Lane Development Trust. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026 State District Judge Joseph Montano granted a defense motion to toss the charges in a decision released Friday. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The nurse has been granted a temporary restraining order against Blair. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 The pandemic years slowed the project’s development, but granted the creative team more time to finesse the details of the adaptation. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 Which is why Herzberg cautioned supporters not to take the poll results for granted. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granted
Adjective
  • All told, the action has been interrupted by no fewer than 963 accepted penalties, the most since the data first began being tallied in 1978.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Officials have set early-season records for accepted flags thrown in the red zone and on third and fourth downs in the second half.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Carlson admitted setting the fire out of personal frustration and resentment over economic inequality.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center in Chalfont said in a Facebook post in September that the large adult male snapping turtle was admitted after rescuers found him being pelted with stones by kids.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The state bestowed Netflix, Paramount and Lionsgate as studio partners, which have conferred a series of incentives to produce titles there.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Judge, along with Michael Schuck, the club’s director of sports medicine and rehabilitation, conferred with the skipper.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Funnyman, vulgarian, auteur — Mel Brooks’s imprint on American cinema is incontestable yet scandalously undervalued.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The mark was federally registered in 2015 and has since achieved incontestable status, a legal designation that strengthens ownership rights.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Shea initially lied about the discrepancy but later confessed, according to Merriweather.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And that would be a prerequisite for his being awarded a new transit visa.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Vicuña was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ahead of the Biennale’s opening.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Throughout her career, the fan trust, touring equity and longevity were unquestionable.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
  • That was the unquestionable trend that emerged from Milan Fashion Week for spring 2027, and retailers could not get enough of them, praising Prada‘s offer that focused on the singular garment and its versatility.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rwanda has acknowledged defensive “security coordinationâ€� with the M23 insurgents, who have held large swaths of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo for more than a year.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Asked during the news conference how much money taxpayers could expect to recover, Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald acknowledged that fraudulent proceeds are sometimes spent before investigators can retrieve them.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Granted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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