grant
verb (used with object)
to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act.
am granting
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present progressiveof grant (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I have carefully reviewed Montoyae Dontae Sharpe’s case and am granting him a Pardon of Innocence,” Mr. Cooper, a Democrat, said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
“I am granting the motion because although these cases are factually different … I don’t think there is factual difference that denies the motion to reinstate,” Cahill said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2021
“I am granting Harold Wayne Nichols a temporary reprieve from execution until December 31, 2020, due to the challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Lee said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
“The fact I am granting you bail now is no indicator of the sentence you are likely to receive,” he says with quiet severity.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017
And the reason—I am granting for the moment, for argument's sake, his personal existence—is not far to seek; it is blazed upon the face of history.
From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood
