grant deference
Frequency: 4.81.5 per million words
To allow or give someone respect, often formally.
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- The appellate court granted deference to the trial judge's findings of fact.
- In academic circles, junior scholars often grant deference to the established experts in their field.
- The president's office should grant deference to Congress on matters of fiscal policy.
- Significant deference was granted to the committee chair's final recommendation.
- Some cultures traditionally grant great deference to their elders' wisdom and experience.
- We will grant deference to the engineering team's assessment of the structural risks.
- If the board does not grant deference to the advisory panel, it could face significant backlash.
- Why must we always grant deference to opinions simply because they are long-held?
- While granting deference on technical matters, the council challenged the project's overall budget.
- The bylaws state that the committee shall grant deference to the findings of any independent audit.