accord
verb (used without object)
to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
accorded
Example Sentences
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You’ll notice that the coyote isn’t even accorded a jury of his peers, merely two animated jurors out of 12, and one is a silly goose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Unusually for a foreign national, Sir Mark was accorded two of India's top civilian honours: the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
Selecting a Thanksgiving day was a royal prerogative, he declared, accorded solely to him as the representative of the Catholic King James II. Andros named Dec. 1 as Thanksgiving Day for all New England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
That AFP was accorded rare access to film and photograph a competition for women and girls was itself a sign of greater official openness.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
The boy was doing a man’s work; he was due the dignity accorded to a man.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
