bestow (on or upon)

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Verb
  • The Port Authority will provide $200,000 in matching funding, according to the city board resolution, which was approved as part of the consent agenda on Tuesday.
    Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The three and a half years before then offer opportunities to provide additional safety measures that would improve prospects.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Indianapolis Colts Tyler Warren | TE | Penn State Warren is a do-it-all tight end who can make plays from multiple alignments, supplying Anthony Richardson with a go-to target.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • What exactly we were being inspired to do, besides fire up Netflix or Apple TV+, remained unstated — an early red flag that this new kind of Hollywood power player could not be counted on to supply studios with an appetite for risk.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • When they’re not clad in ski-gear and ensconced in protective helmets, Kendall has reached for outré furry R13 cowboy boots, bodycon by KHY, and Phoebe Philo outerwear.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Although Chalamet showing up to the London premier of A Complete Unknown on a Lime bike doesn’t come close to the effortless cool of Dylan jumping on his motorbike clad in leather, curly hair untamed and freewheeling up the highway to Newport.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • His home in Cheshire is not just equipped with a gym and a pool, there are also cryotherapy and hyperbaric chambers.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Just four months ago, in mid-September, the Brigade’s first 50 members, ranging in age from their mid-20s to mid-70s, were formally taught, equipped, and deployed as official volunteers.
    Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Bestow (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestow%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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