granted
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Transiting the waterway is “not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponized.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
A patent was granted in 1715 in England to her husband, Thomas Masters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Then again, for everyone involved, there must be some grace granted in the wake of the incredible tension surrounding a team whose dream season just became a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
For Grayrocks Dam, the committee granted an exemption but required the Missouri Basin Power Project to preserve habitat and manage water to reduce harm to the cranes.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
There was an unusual understanding of himself, which was unlike anything I had ever met with in a lunatic; and he took it for granted that his reasons would prevail with others entirely sane.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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