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present participle of grant.

granting

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

allowing authorizing letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

although

Synonyms

WEAK

admitting albeit despite despite the fact even if even supposing granting all this in spite of much as notwithstanding still supposing though when whereas while yet

NOUN

agreement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord arrangement compliance compromise concession mediation reconciliation understanding

STRONG

accession accommodation accordance adjustment affiliation affinity alliance amity approving arbitration assenting bargaining compatibility concert concord concordance conformity congruity consistency correspondence harmony similarity suitableness sympathy union unison verification

WEAK

acceding acknowledging authorizing complying concurring endorsing ratifying verifying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial difference disagreement dissension dissent fight refusal

STRONG

discord disharmony dislike dissimilarity disunity divorce hatred hostility incompatibility separation

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

NOUN

issue

Synonyms

STRONG

circulation delivery dispersion dissemination issuance issuing publication supply supplying

WEAK

sending out

Antonyms

WEAK

cause origin parent source

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In the past, the FCC has been flexible with the exemption for news programs over the years, granting them to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Entertainment Tonight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Rather than granting you outright shares, options give you the right to purchase company stock at a specific, locked-in “strike price.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

But some of the reforms announced were a rehash of earlier proposals, such as granting greater autonomy to state-owned enterprises, which account for roughly 80 percent of economic activity.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

“When Brendan’s lawsuit resulted in the granting of a temporary injunction, we found ourselves in a difficult situation,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

For not granting her what He had granted so many other women.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

granting

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