1
: formed by pressing or hammering with or without heat
especially
: made into a desired shape by heating and hammering
forged blades
a cold forged sword
2
: made falsely especially with intent to deceive
forged signatures
a forged document
Examples of forged in a Sentence
a forged ancient document that didn't fool experts in cartography
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Use a bow rake, with forged metal tines, to grade and smooth the terrain.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In 2018, a forged memo from the U.S. Department of Defense falsely claimed regulatory violations in the merger of a semiconductor company.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
China also makes more large cast and forged products—including landing gear, engine components, brakes, turbine disks, and fan blades—than the next nine countries combined.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In 2018, a forged memo from the U.S. Department of Defense falsely claimed regulatory violations in the merger of a semiconductor company.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
China also makes more large cast and forged products—including landing gear, engine components, brakes, turbine disks, and fan blades—than the next nine countries combined.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forged
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“Forged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forged. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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