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has vested

  • present perfect of vest (3rd person singular).

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He notes that if the participation interest has vested by January 2029, and if the valuation of Westinghouse is expected to be above $30 billion, the U.S. government will be entitled to require an IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

“Courts have long recognized that ‘Congress has vested the SEC with broad authority to conduct investigations into possible violations of federal securities laws and to demand production of evidence relevant to such investigations,’” Armstrong wrote.

From Washington Times Mar. 22, 2022

To enforce COVID-19 mandates, De Blasio has vested those duties on the New York City Sheriff's Department, an obscure agency overseen by the city's Finance Department.

From Fox News Nov. 11, 2020

But Guantánamo transfers are an unusual type of policy decision because Congress has vested that authority in the secretary of defense.

From New York Times Nov. 5, 2014

The Constitution of the United States supplies the defect that existed in the articles of confederation, and has vested Congress, as has been stated, with ample powers on this important subject.

From American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander