as in to bestow (on or upon)
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Stankey believed substantially more content would increase viewer engagement, and that would provide more data, in turn enabling monetization through advertising and subscriptions.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025 -
Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating enough heat to kill weed seeds, pests, and pathogens.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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That light is divided into 16 independent channels, all equipped with their own secondary lens and detector cameras designed to flag extremely faint objects.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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Lenovo also plans to release two more versions this year: one equipped with SteamOS, which will cost $599, and another that will use the more powerful Z2 or Z2 Pro.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Excitement reverberated throughout the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park as city officials unveiled the host city plaque to a crowd of kids clad in cleats and jerseys who were eager to take part in a youth soccer clinic led by former San Jose Earthquakes player Shea Salinas.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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In the footsteps of those dancing orphans roamed my students, burnished by tanning beds and clad in tiny shorts.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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“Confer (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confer%20%28on%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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