vouchsafes

verb

present tense third-person singular of vouchsafe
as in has
formal + old-fashioned to give (something) to someone as a promise or a privilege He vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vouchsafes
  1. has
  2. grants
  3. concedes
  4. permits
  5. suffers
  6. sanctions
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  • Chinander said his staff has been studying film of Moore’s time as OC at Missouri in 2025, while Danielson also has notes from facing Moore during the latter’s time as OC with Fresno State in 2022.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, more than nine in 10 Americans say the federal government has the power to make a positive impact on society — suggesting many believe the current administration is not making use of that power.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of has
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  • Section 217 of the City Charter grants the controller and other city officers the power to order individuals to produce documents and to attend hearings, with subpoenas issued via the City Clerk’s office.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The preliminary injunction remains while the appeal is pending, unless the Appellate Division grants a stay that would pause or freeze the order.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of grants
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  • But copying human anatomy makes the hands heavier, and LinkerBot concedes that fingertip force is modest.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of concedes
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  • According to police, nobody had sought permission for the Mumbai event, and Azad Maidan is the sole venue where the Bombay High Court permits protests in the city.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The policy permits athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women’s teams under specified conditions.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of permits
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  • In July, Netflix reported viewership increased just 2% in the first half of the year as the streamer suffers from a lack of shows with water-cooler-level hype.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dell didn't bother updating this part of the XPS 13 case for the Googlebook platform, and the system suffers for it.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of suffers
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  • The bill sanctions Russian financial institutions and its largest state energy projects while targeting Russian partners in the oil and natural gas trade.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • For starters the World Cup is run by the same organization, FIFA, which sanctions virtually every level of soccer globally, from the men’s and women’s World Cups, to confederation competitions including the UEFA Championships and the Copa América, to most major age-group tournaments.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Vouchsafes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vouchsafes. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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