bestow (on or upon)

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Verb
  • Information about the Prime Visa has been collected independently by Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Trump has signed executive orders to reduce housing regulatory burdens and help smaller banks provide mortgages.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The curators supply a historical backdrop, therefore, but discreetly, and without distracting us from Wright’s poetic originality.
    Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Hyundai will supply its HiMSEN engines Data centers are the backbone of modern digital services, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence applications.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Law-enforcement officers, clad in helmets and flak jackets and wielding long guns, materialized on the stage.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The structure is distinguished from its two larger neighbors by having been partially clad in red granite blocks, rather than white limestone.
    Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But MetroCard and cash payments were unverifiable for the teams, which are equipped with handheld readers that can ascertain whether an OMNY card, bank card or smartphone has recently been used to pay a fare.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • To make the discovery, NASA Perseverance relied on its SuperCam instrument — a sophisticated system equipped with two lasers and cameras.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Bestow (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestow%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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