as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state
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1
as in to admit
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
you will grant that she is difficult to work with
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as in to confer
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city
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Recent Examples of grant
Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2025
The World Bank seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Some schools grant promising chess players holidays to train and travel.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
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Noun
The library plans to use the grant to expand three programs: Refugee & Immigrant Services & Empowerment (RISE), Teen Leaders of Today (TLOT), and the Kansas City Digital Media Lab (KCDML).
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2025
The World Bank seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Verb
At O’Neill Burke’s request, Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans granted her prosecutors rapid access to a far broader range of records on criminal defendants than had long been the case.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Some schools grant promising chess players holidays to train and travel.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grant
Noun
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For decades, the government failed to grant fishing licenses to women, depriving them of fuel subsidies and the right to insure their boats.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Trump threatens to cancel Musk's government contracts and subsidies Trump later threatened on social media to cancel Musk’s government contracts and subsidies.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Verb
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The latter admitted she was literally taken aback by the very high quality of projects in development and keen to follow up on two-three projects for world sales and French distribution in 2026-2027.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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Perez admitted nailing an ace isn't solely based on skill.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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There are plenty of examples of how federal, state, and local governments have conferred, collaborated, and cooperated before or when a crisis strikes.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Male puberty confers lasting physical advantages that even hormone therapy does not fully reverse.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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This is essentially what the Big Ten has proposed (and the SEC hasn’t yet pushed back on) for the next round of College Football Playoff expansion, just with fewer leagues and the bid allotments locked in for conferences.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The basic allotment is the base amount of funding districts get per student.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Investigators said Willis confessed to beating the woman in his car before dragging her into the woods.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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In June 2024, Destiny R. Kley, 22, allegedly confessed to setting an arson fire in her kitchen, displacing 27 residents across three floors of the building.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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The initial contract was awarded at $2.89 billion, though various modifications have greatly increase that number, such as an additional $1.15 billion in 2022.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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She was awarded an Emmy for Scripps News doc In Real Life: Plastic Time Bomb in 2023.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Instead, the cuts must be codified through either the normal appropriations process or through the passage of a separate rescissions bill.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
12 June 2025
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The denial of a budget appropriation request related to salaries and staffing expenses is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons in district court against the Summit Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 10.—
The Summit Daily,
Denver Post,
11 June 2025
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User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The California Highway Patrol, which is responsible for securing the Capitol building itself, also acknowledged the event.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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“Grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grant. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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