had awarded
- past perfect of award.
Example Sentences
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Until now, the agency had awarded money only for homeless prevention efforts such as direct rental subsidies to tenants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
In 2002, the New Yorker noted that Zagat had awarded one more point to Salumi than Mario Batali’s Babbo restaurant in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Department of Health and Human Services pulled nearly $600 million in funding that the Biden administration had awarded to Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
There, a local mayor had awarded a lucrative contract to a trucking company, which then hired the mayor for more than $10,000 in consulting services.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
At the final moment, however, Amaranta did not feel frustrated, but, on the contrary, free of all bitterness because death had awarded her the privilege of announcing itself several years ahead of time.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
