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
Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
Cash grants cannot build roads or hospitals, install the infrastructure needed for industries to emerge, or fix systemic corruption.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
After drafting a parlor, the room grants a wind-up key for players to insert in one of three locked boxes.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The city houses incredible filmmakers, cinemas, and programmers; our goal is that this grant round will help, even in a small way, to support the continuation of production in Los Angeles.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
Cash grants cannot build roads or hospitals, install the infrastructure needed for industries to emerge, or fix systemic corruption.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
The brothers also submitted a petition for habeas corpus in May 2023 asking the court to grant them a new trial in light of new evidence presented.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
After drafting a parlor, the room grants a wind-up key for players to insert in one of three locked boxes.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grant
Noun
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Another possibility: Japan, where White was scouting for the third season before Thailand lured the production away with generous subsidies.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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The food purchase and Farm to School programs acted as subsidies, allowing farmers to have reliable income at retail prices while helping organizations like food banks.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Is this morally corrupt crowd determined to ignore constitutional obligations rather than ever admit a mistake?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Arteta admitted post-Brentford that those moments depend on the opponent’s behaviour, with man-orientated pressing sometimes helping to create gaps that Rice tried to exploit in the first half before getting a clearer run from the corner in the second half.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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John Mercer, head of research and retail analyst at Coresight Research, believes Shein, as well as Temu, will lose the advantage conferred by de minimis exemptions on U.S. import duties.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Attorneys for Khalil and the Department of Justice conferred with Farbiarz later Friday at a hearing not accessible to the public.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The education policy nonprofit acknowledged progress with basic allotment increase, special education formula updates and bilingual student funding.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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That's an especially big caveat for subscribers to the faster Fusion plan, which is still subject to the same data allotments.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Brian Tyree Henry confessed to breaking his own cardinal rule of not returning to television in order to star in Apple TV+’s crime drama Dope Thief.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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Ninety percent of British women and nonbinary people polled in 2020 confessed to sometimes using filters before posting selfies, and 85 percent to using external editing software such as FaceTune to tweak pictures of themselves.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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When the option was first awarded, NWSL teams were selling for low single-digit millions; by the time it was exercised, those numbers had soared.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The winning photographers were located in countries across the world from Bangladesh to Columbia to Russia and were awarded according to the regions they were located in.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Tuition makes up about 19% of WSU’s $1.3 billion budget, the second highest source behind state appropriations at 26%, with the $16 billion shortfall in Olympia looming overhead.—
Tim Clouser | The Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Apr. 2025
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Carter had faced accusations of cultural appropriation in the past, and even on the website, her inspiration is vaguely credited.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The sheriff of Island County, Mark Brown, apologized to Fred and acknowledged, in a public report, that his own staff was responsible.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Walls acknowledges that the union may not ultimately be able to stop Newsom’s return-to-office order and convince the state to secure a raise.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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