vouchsafes

verb

present tense third-person singular of vouchsafe
as in has
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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  1. has
  2. grants
  3. concedes
  4. permits
  5. suffers
  6. sanctions
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  • The highest room category at the hotel is a 1,109-square-feet spa suite that has its own private whirlpool and treatment room, with a 25-minute massage included in the room rate.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Those who checked Truth Social after CNN projected that the Democratic party would capture the House of Representatives were also set up for disappointment, as the president has yet to comment on those results as well.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of has
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  • To save everyone from imminent destruction, Brahma cuts a deal that grants Ravana immunity from any attack by humans, gods, or diseases.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Election law experts had broadly derided the DOJ's case as weak, in part because the Constitution grants states control over elections.
    — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of grants
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  • Fielder is not conventionally attractive, concedes Breca, a 26-year-old bisexual man in Pennsylvania, but the filmmaker’s salt-and-pepper hair and stubble did something for Breca nonetheless.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Zidni concedes that the matching fund on its own won’t help independent producers who lack overseas contacts.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of concedes
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  • Mississippi also permits mail-in ballots that arrive within five days after Election Day, so long as they were postmarked by Election Day, to be counted.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Arkansas law permits gambling within certain limits, such as an age minimum of 21 years old for electronic wagering accounts.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of permits
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  • The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Last month, Nielsen, who suffers from COPD and asthma, had to briefly leave the stage during a show at Riveredge Park in Aurora, Illinois, due to breathing troubles.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of suffers
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  • The bill sanctions Russian financial institutions and its largest state energy projects while targeting Russian partners in the oil and natural gas trade.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • For starters the World Cup is run by the same organization, FIFA, which sanctions virtually every level of soccer globally, from the men’s and women’s World Cups, to confederation competitions including the UEFA Championships and the Copa América, to most major age-group tournaments.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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