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granting

  • present participle of grant.

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Granting stock to employees over time is also a retention tool.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Granting executives options that become highly valuable at the IPO can help motivate managers to complete the offering.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Granting urban status to 200 million rural migrants, meanwhile, could raise the consumption-to-GDP ratio by another 0.6 percentage points.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Granting the ability would also dramatically shorten the timeline for South Korea to produce a nuclear weapon—if Seoul ever chose to go down that route.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Granting them authority over newly defined regions would help in two ways.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby