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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vouchsafes
  1. has
  2. grants
  3. concedes
  4. permits
  5. suffers
  6. sanctions
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  • Belarus still has 912 political prisoners, including 20 journalists, according to the Viasna human rights center.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There are 795 rooms here, including 58 suites, and every one of them has a private lanai (a Hawaiian balcony or veranda) with either a garden or an ocean view.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of has
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  • The Additional Protocol is an agreement between the IAEA and a country that grants agency inspectors increased access to nuclear sites.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The same California law also grants law enforcement the ability to issue notices to manufacturers if these vehicles commit a traffic violation, according to the California DMV.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of grants
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  • The stores here had their strengths, Bron concedes — digital retailing and planning capabilities, for instance.
    — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Murdy concedes, of course, Halloween Horror Nights can only glance at some of the film’s deeper meaning.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concedes
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  • 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.
    — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Norway permits gambling only via state monopolies aimed at preventing gambling problems and at funneling profits to nonprofits.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of permits
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  • The model is pulled in ten different directions by different internal product teams, resulting in an interface that suffers from sudden behavioral resets and an inability to smoothly execute complex, multi-turn human requests.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • His defense attorney previously said the assaults were not politically motivated and that DeFoor suffers from mental health issues.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 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
Definition of sanctions
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“Vouchsafes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vouchsafes. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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