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as in admitted
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
you will grant that she is difficult to work with
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2
as in conferred
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city
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Recent Examples of granted
ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
A lot of people have taken it for granted.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Safe and successful won’t be taken for granted for a while.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Husband cleared, but path forward uncertain Judge Barry Wood of Idaho’s 5th Judicial District granted the defense’s alternative perpetrator theory for trial in a November 2025 order.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026
The Royal Lodge A £1 million 75-year lease for Royal Lodge was granted in 2003 to Mountbatten-Windsor.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
The Hornets asked to be dismissed from the lawsuit and a judge granted that request in October.
—Rod Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
According to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, formal approval will be granted within the next one to two months, NHK reported.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Teams will be granted two challenges each game.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
Lauber is not charged in connection with the case, and detectives said at an earlier hearing that she had been granted immunity.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
A lot of people have taken it for granted.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Safe and successful won’t be taken for granted for a while.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Husband cleared, but path forward uncertain Judge Barry Wood of Idaho’s 5th Judicial District granted the defense’s alternative perpetrator theory for trial in a November 2025 order.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026
The Royal Lodge A £1 million 75-year lease for Royal Lodge was granted in 2003 to Mountbatten-Windsor.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
The Hornets asked to be dismissed from the lawsuit and a judge granted that request in October.
—Rod Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
According to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, formal approval will be granted within the next one to two months, NHK reported.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Teams will be granted two challenges each game.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granted
Adjective
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Yet despite the inevitability of these shortages, there is no accepted ethical framework for allocating scarce opioids.—
Parker Crutchfield,
STAT,
17 Feb. 2026
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Too often plaintiffs are steered into life-altering spinal surgeries and invasive procedures that independent and reputable medical experts say are often unnecessary and inconsistent with accepted standards of care.—
Elizabeth Heck,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar admitted that Pakistan had suffered casulaties but gave much lower figures than the Afghan claims, saying two Pakistani soldiers had been killed and three were injured.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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Those moments can be discouraging, Bryant admitted.—
Tamia Boyd,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sheathed in a layer of keratin that might have been brightly colored, such a prominent crest could have conferred multiple advantages to perhaps by catching the attention of potential mates and warding off competitors.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
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Over 4,400 degrees were conferred to scholarship recipients during the same school year.—
Emma Murphy,
Oklahoma Voice,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Does a user keep expressing linguistic markers throughout a given conversation?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.—
Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
5 June 2023
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Officers reviewed surveillance video from the a business in the 1300 block of Northwest Sixth Street where the man had allegedly confessed.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Elicker also said the former chief had confessed to taking the funds for personal use after being confronted by three of his deputies over financial irregularities.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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For his service, Simon became the only cat ever awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2026
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In 1959, McGill was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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That is to say, there is no one pure ur-movie, unblemished and incontestable.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rodriguez acknowledged that the council is having difficult conversations around fiscal circumstances, noting there’s apprehension about reducing business tax revenue for the city.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Both companies have acknowledged the billing problem originated on their end and isn’t a reflection of anything customers did wrong, although some customers ignored or missed requests to update their payment information.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Granted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granted. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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