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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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
Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
The Department of Housing and Urban Development cancelled grants that go to poor people with disabilities.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
No meritorious credit will be granted.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Companies emerging from the lab are often too far along for R&D grants but not far enough to meet the milestones venture capitalists expect.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
The Department of Housing and Urban Development cancelled grants that go to poor people with disabilities.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
With that, the service grants the account access.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
No meritorious credit will be granted.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grant
Noun
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The enhanced subsidies date back to the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The analysts said that this was likely driven by Apple's price cut to the model versus the iPhone 16 base, and additional subsidies from the Chinese government.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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San Diego City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell has admitted violating city record-keeping rules during her 2022 re-election campaign and agreed to pay a $300 fine to resolve the case brought by the San Diego Ethics Commission.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Meta did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Moreover, though, the show seems to want to confer a kind of authenticity upon a milieu that many worried would be grotesquely misrepresented by creators who aren’t exactly immersed in local journalism.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Instead, yoga in any form seemed to confer a vascular health boost and heat didn’t significantly increase the effect.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In collaboration with families who have long been connected to this land, our research team at the University of California, Davis is working to clarify ownership records, document ecological conditions and share information to help allottees access and use their allotments.—
Beth Rose Middleton Manning,
The Conversation,
15 Sep. 2025
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Which brings us to salary allotment, in DFS.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While Hadden-Paton was unsuccessful in keeping his dapper suit, his costar, Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, confessed to Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live!—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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The suspect was later named as 22-year-old Robinson, and was reported to have confessed to the crime to his father.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Other cash prizes will be awarded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Denholm is giving interviews to explain the board’s decision to award Musk a pay package that could be worth $1 trillion if the company hits milestones for market capitalization, profits, and vehicle production.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Without the congressional appropriation, CPB cannot fulfill the mission Congress assigned to us.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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These obligations are rooted in the trust responsibility and enacted through Congressional authorization and appropriation.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Maybe not in the broadcast moment, but later, in interviews or conversations, acknowledging disappointment has its own dignity.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI, for example, acknowledged in its response to the lawsuit that safety features can degrade over long conversions, despite the fact that the chatbot itself has been optimized to hold these longer conversations.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grant. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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