VOUCHSAFED Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in permitted

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verb

past tense of vouchsafe

as in had

formal + old-fashioned to give (something) to someone as a promise or a privilege He vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples.

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Adjective

Prosecutors charge that widespread noncitizen voting disenfranchises Americans by diluting their lawful votes.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
NorCal Resist alleges that on Tuesday morning Sacramento police officers conducted a traffic stop on lawful observers of ICE enforcement in south Sacramento, detaining them for 20 minutes.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists, and Artemi Panarin added a power-play goal and an assist as the Kings beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
When presented with the findings, the Republican National Committee said the party hasn’t had enough time to fix the affordability crisis inherited from Democratic leadership.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of had

Adjective

He was said to have applied for his company, Shawty Dred LLC, to become an authorized SNAP retailer and used EBT debit cards to extract about $4 million from the accounts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
If agents can access data outside their authorized region or reason from incomplete, outdated or fragmented records, their recommendations cannot be trusted, regardless of how sophisticated the model is.

— Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of authorized

Verb

Freshman Gaskins starts, shines with Reneau out Forward Malik Reneau, who was recently granted a fifth year of eligibility, did not play in the exhibition due to a lower-body injury.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
In September 2026, the US Space Force granted Antares a $161 million Strategic Breakthrough award to build space-qualified reactors.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of granted

Adjective

The two franchises teamed up to create a non-sanctioned Texas high school girls flag league that involved more than 240 schools and nearly 5,500 athletes.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Another sanctioned defendant, Aslhy Javier Galeano Basurto, has also been charged in Nebraska with conspiring to provide material support to Tren de Aragua and other offenses.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of sanctioned

Verb

Howard senior Ta’Shawn Poole made history in preseason as the first Macon player to be named an AJC Super 11 since the honor was first accorded in 1985.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Just as intriguing, though, is another book that is unlikely to receive the attention being accorded the best-seller by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.

— Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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