CONFERRED (ON) Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

conferred (on)

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past tense of confer (on)

as in bestowed (on or upon)

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The team was not able to recover nuclear DNA, which would have provided more detailed information.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Many are directed towards Ryan Giles, their attack-minded left-back, who regularly pushes forward on the overlap and provided eight league assists last season (illustrated below).

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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Musk, Kushner, and air defenses On air defenses, Zelensky contrasted the number of Patriot missiles supplied in 2023 – which was 675 – with the forecast number of 264 this year.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Water for the golf course is supplied by laser, effective in water-saving.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

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Even Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — our high god of modern glass and steel — clad his first high-rise in 1949, the Promontory Apartments in Hyde Park, in brick.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of clothed

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Abolishing the games would eliminate valuable auditions for players who need them — those same players who are least equipped to absorb the consequences if they’re injured.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The ideas suggest that Julie and Billy remain ideally equipped to take on an increasingly surreal era of looksmaxxing, brand integration, nepo babies, prestige dramedies and vertical video.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

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