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. permits
  4. concedes
  5. suffers
  6. sanctions
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  • The colony also has a population of New Zealand fur seals that laze around the rocks frequented by flocks of seabirds.
    — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • This fight has all the makings of a Fight of the Year candidate.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of has
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  • The report advocates for job design that grants autonomy and flexibility, mirroring neurodivergent entrepreneurs' success, to truly unlock strengths.
    — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Doing so grants me access to cloud storage and advanced features that would now be difficult to separate myself from.
    — Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of grants
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  • The latest approval now permits the company to charge fares for rides, marking the first commercial exemption issued through the program.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
  • Although San Jose does not restrict collection box permits strictly to nonprofits, state law requires operators to clearly label whether a box is run by a for-profit or nonprofit organization.
    — Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Definition of permits
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  • Whatever Early Warning concedes in New York will bind a network Congress never legislated on and the CFPB abandoned.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Once the darling of the NBA, the next heartthrob to splash on posters and commercials, the acrobatic point guard concedes he is viewed negatively.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of concedes
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  • Patience and creative problem-solving decline, and communication suffers.
    — Jennifer Lee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Everyone—blue-collar moms, college students, CEOs—suffers from the distractions of carrying around the pinging, blinking pocket-size casinos that our phones have become.
    — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 17 July 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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