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have vested

  • present perfect of vest.

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During the past two decades, SpaceX has hired thousands of staff and granted them boatloads of restricted stock units, incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options that have vested over time.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

Of course, it goes without saying that many Italians and Italian-Americans alike have vested, entrenched opinions about their foods.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2023

“It’s awesome because everybody who sits in that room or everybody who has a seat at the table, we all have vested interest,” Spikes said.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2022

“We’re off the market, which allows us both to have vested interest in our friends’ love lives.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2022

Since January, those of us in whom you have vested responsibility have been engaged in the fulfillment of plans and policies which had been widely discussed in previous months.

From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano