Example Sentences

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Investors historically have accorded trading profits a lower multiple than other brokerage and banking businesses.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

When they turned up a few days later, he claimed, he showed them the hospitality he would have accorded any Saudi brother.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2020

The image of somebody that you have accorded status to in your mind is a large one; the Greeks always made the gods quite tall.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015

The principal players at both USC and Patriots headquarters knew this and might have accorded accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2015

Perhaps if I’d made Harry go with me, Grandfather would have accorded me more attention.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly