offers 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of offer
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as in sacrifices
to give up as an offering to a god when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered, the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice

Synonyms & Similar Words

offers

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noun

plural of offer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of offers
Verb
Get a bottle of wine from the Kinderhook Bottle Shop to enjoy on the inn porch before dinner at the Mediterranean small-plate restaurant Isola (which even offers a discount for guests of the inn). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 The rear camera is slightly tighter at 126 degrees, but still offers plenty of coverage behind you. — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026 The business offers investors a strong play on India's broadening retail participation in capital markets. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Effective this month, Harrow New York offers 10th grade as well, and class sizes are expected to be closer to 10 students—which still suggests a striking, and concerning, lack of demand. — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 No, what a theme park offers is an artistic interpretation, one that filters the natural world through the stories that define our lives. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Lockhart State Park offers short, easy trails, picnic areas, fishing, and camping sites. — Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 The retailer offers online shopping, in-store pickup and same-day delivery services at select locations. — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The prebiotic soda offers the fizz and flavor of an apple soda with far less sugar than the traditional kind. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
After her senior year, Fisher passed up several offers to study law on the West Coast. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Plus, navigate to the deals dropdown for all the latest offers. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026 Such lowballing, several people told Rolling Stone both on and off the record, is standard in these kinds of offers. — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026 One World Trade Center, which is 97 percent leased, has competing offers for the limited space that’s still available, according to a spokesperson for the Durst Organization. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2026 Listed at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds, Brooks held mostly FCS offers including from SFA and Southern University. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026 According to sources, Netflix, Prime Video, Paramount+ and Apple TV all came in strong with offers that included a mix of writers rooms and straight-to-series orders. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 High-value customers often receive the same offers, incentives and retention efforts as customers who generate far less long-term value. — Dr. Vasudeva Akula, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 In Trafford’s case, Newcastle spent two years pursuing the England international goalkeeper and saw offers rejected, then accepted, before Trafford opted to rejoin Manchester City from Burnley last July and, even then, their admiration endured. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offers
Verb
  • That behavior gives engineers a way to control how a material stores and releases electrical energy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Launched in 2004, the $364 million observatory is designed to pivot quickly -- as its name suggests -- to capture gamma ray bursts, exploding stars and other fast-breaking cosmic action.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Research suggests that low ferritin, a protein that stores iron inside your cells, is associated with different forms of hair loss, including telogen effluvium, in women.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Propulsion presents another major hurdle, with researchers involved in the project highlighting the engine core, air intake, and exhaust system as key areas requiring further development.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In Miami-Dade County, which voted Republican in the most recent elections for governor and president, the backlash presents an opportunity for Democrats, even in congressional districts newly drawn to benefit the GOP.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That projection prioritizes preserving the relative area of countries and continents, but sacrifices the accuracy of angles of the Mercator projection.
    — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In The Book of Magic, Franny Owens sacrifices her life to finally break the 300-year-old ancestral love curse plaguing their family.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Jordan Love threw two TD passes but the Packers converted on third down just once in nine tries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • New kicker Eddy Piñeiro solved a major problem by making 28 of 29 tries.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • So there’s not that much to happen in the last two-thirds of the drama than for your ribs to be constantly nudged with the idea of how easily the most respectable citizens among us will give in to modest proposals and, indeed, murder.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Holding procedural votes on the Husted and Collins proposals would also eat up floor time requiring them to remain in session beyond this week.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For overnight trips into the Desolation Wilderness, the Forest Service proposes increasing the per-person permit fee from $5 to $10 in the first year and $15 in the fifth year.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • My theoretical research on Unfiltered Leadership proposes that human behavior under pressure is governed not only by external competence, but also by internal regulation and identity stability.
    — Dr Natalie Callis, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Solomon Baggett paced the Arkansas State rushing attack, finishing with 63 yards on 13 carries.
    — Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Murray was limited to 33 yards on 16 carries against an inspired defense.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Offers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offers. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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