GIVEN OVER (TO) Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

given over (to)

verb

past participle of give over (to)

as in given in

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After its Berlinale premiere, the film went on to win the Jury Award, given in Annecy’s Contrechamp section.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, given in two doses around age 1 and age 5, offers 97% protection against measles, usually for life.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026

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Americans for Citizen Voting argued in its application to Kavanaugh that the state had waited more than five months to reject the signatures and then did so on questions about those from a sample of 1,000 out of more than 700,000 submitted.

— Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The treasure has been submitted for assessment at Denmark’s National Museum.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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