Synonyms for bestowed
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1. List of paraphrases for "bestowed":

   conferred, awarded, granted

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1. Rand Hagenstein:

   The name McKinley was a name bestowed on the mountain honoring someone who had never been here, sure, he was a fine leader but he had no connection with Alaska.

2. Antonis Samaras:

   The Parthenon and its sculptures have been looted. The value of the sculptures is priceless, we Greeks identify with our history and culture, which cannot be fragmented, loaned or bestowed.

3. Danielle Weston:

   The censure resolutions would strip us of the powers and duties bestowed upon us by the voters and would violate the law.

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech, September 22, 1936:

   In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.