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awarded

  • past participle
    of award.
    award
    verb (used with object)
    to give as due or merited; assign or bestow.
  • past tense form
    of award.
    award
    verb (used with object)
    to give as due or merited; assign or bestow.

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The relationship between axon structure and function also became the focus of a National Institute of Mental Health Multiple Principal Investigator grant awarded to Watanabe and Rangamani and highlighted in 2024.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Kremlev had reportedly traveled to China with Putin a few days earlier, and was later awarded Russia’s Order of Friendship by the Russian president himself.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meanwhile a contract for a 50-megawatt solar power plant in Soma has also been awarded, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

And Kardashian’s stylist, Harouche, who was staying with Kardashian and locked herself in a bathroom to text the reality star’s bodyguard, also was awarded 1 euro, the amount she requested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Since Nobel Prizes are never awarded posthumously, longevity can be as important a factor as ingenuity for prizewinners.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson