confer (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confer (on)
Verb
  • That game, however, is unavailable for buyers of season-ticket packages according to emails and screenshots provided to SportsMoney by multiple season ticket holders.
    Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The violation is the eleventh recorded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, according to Defense Ministry figures provided to ABC News.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Czechia’s largest nuclear power plant will be equipped with massive 2,000-ton turbine generators in what is considered the largest modernization project in the history of the country’s nuclear operations.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Property managers are better equipped to respond to concerns, not just review past incidents.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My 8-year-old big sister, Lisa, clothed in her first communion dress and veil, her treasured rosary draped in her hands, lay motionless and cold amid the white silken lining, her head upon a white satin pillow.
    Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Fans began cheering as soon as the guitar riffs started, and sang every word of Dua’s cover of the 1978 track with her and her band, all clad in black.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Confer (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confer%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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