VOUCHSAFES Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

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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In emergency decisions, by contrast, the president has a much stronger track record of wins.

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The pool has shallow areas for little ones to play in, and the Opium Spa offers treatments tailored to kids and teens.

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The artists grants and the Culture Stability Fund are both great opportunities to be able to meet the needs of the field, which is facing those federal funding cuts, as well as facing challenges with real estate and displacement.

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Children today are growing up around AI, robots and devices that once belonged to science fiction, and Yoshida concedes that reality has, in some ways, caught up with Doraemon’s gadgets.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Flock’s new safeguards show that the company concedes that design matters, but private settings cannot substitute for laws.

— Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

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The company was also responsible for processing 70 of the 80 visas and permits that filmmaker Michael Angelo Zervos required in order to set a Guinness World Record by visiting all 195 sovereign countries over a period of 499 days.

— Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Housing shortages sometimes happen when cities can’t issue residential building permits fast enough to keep vacancy rates low and rent high in a secondary market.

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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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