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as in enabled
to give official or legal power to
"By the power vested in me by the state," intoned the minister, "I now pronounce that you are married"
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as in handed
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
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as in granted
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress
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Recent Examples of vested
Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
White’s selection from more than two dozen applicants followed a series of citywide listening sessions and meetings with vested groups, including COPA staff and members of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers, commissioners said.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Committee Republicans say the investigative report reflects the most serious evidence to date that Biden was not fully executing his duties, and that staff effectively assumed the powers vested in the presidency without constitutional authority.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, Goldman’s carried interest program says carry points will be subject to forfeiture and clawback provisions whether vested or not if an executive jumps to a competitor, a consistent point across its compensation programs.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
White’s selection from more than two dozen applicants followed a series of citywide listening sessions and meetings with vested groups, including COPA staff and members of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers, commissioners said.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
Senate Democrats are using the power still vested in the minority to try to force Republicans to extend the COVID-era ObamaCare subsidies.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Committee Republicans say the investigative report reflects the most serious evidence to date that Biden was not fully executing his duties, and that staff effectively assumed the powers vested in the presidency without constitutional authority.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
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The people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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In 1991, Epstein obtained power of attorney from Wexner, which enabled him to buy and sell assets on Wexner’s behalf.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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With equal panache, and without cutting away, the narrative focus is handed like a baton in a relay race to the arriving Mayor Dumont (Josse De Pauw) and his daughter and press attaché Marie (Violet Braeckman).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday handed Russia a tongue-in-cheek offer to end the war between the two countries at the Munich Security Conference.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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Teams with geographical, cultural or historical ties to a country are often granted rights in those territories.—
Tom Chitty,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Teams will be granted two challenges each game.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2025
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This is part of the reason why immigration agents feel empowered to act with impunity, often threatening people out in the open.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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The priority will be consolidating the presence in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with a rollout plan in the Middle East to be empowered by a partnership with Al Tayer Group, for one.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 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
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In December, the city authorized payments of $5 million for AECOM’s first set of reports — which were originally due in mid-November — and an additional $3 million to the company for long-term recovery planning.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Both officials were not authorized to be publicly named according to Moroccan government rules.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Vested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vested. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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