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past tense of abet
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abetted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of abetted
Adjective
The Dolphins, remarkably and abetted hugely by three Jets turnovers all on lost fumbles, never trailed. Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Stage one is often abetted by venture capital, as in the case of Uber, which in its early days kept its ride prices artificially low. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, my attempts to live in the moment, even those abetted by meditation, have felt squishy, uncertain, and evasive. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025 The book details the investigation into a string of unsolved killings in and around the special operations base, revealing a network of narco-trafficking conspiracies that corrupt police abetted and the military covered up. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025 The book reveals a network of drug trafficking conspiracies that corrupt police abetted and that the military covered up. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 The culture of criticism, abetted by new technology, isn’t going away. Big Think, 13 Aug. 2025 Being successful in America, according to Part II, inherently means becoming the bad guy, and Francis Ford Coppola mourns that fact, abetted by arguably Pacino’s finest, most sorrowful performance as a man who sells every bit of his soul to maintain his power. Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 The result plays well moment-to-moment, much abetted by Nate Hurtsellers’ somberly handsome cinematography, plus a diverse, expressive original score from Macie Stewart and Quinn Tsan. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abetted
Verb
  • Republicans provoked a shutdown at the exact same point in the calendar in 2013 over defunding Obamacare — and the polls at that time were bad for the GOP.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, as many observers predicted, attempts to extend transatlantic cohesion through NATO expansion ultimately provoked a Russian reaction that a transatlantic relationship premised on economic cooperation might not have had.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His candor, though, has not aided his pitching.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Achieving that emotional impact is, according to Cameron, aided rather than hindered by the performance capture technology, which allows for smaller crews on set and greater intimacy with the actors.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • People in the comments section validated her feelings and encouraged her to stand firm.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The family-friendly event draws kid and adult runners, and for a fun Halloween twist, participants are encouraged to dress up.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Foundry Commercial assisted in the sale and announced it in a Friday news release.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The mother of two also used WIC's breast-feeding support program through a peer counselor who assisted her with her first child.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All eight of Jelly Roll’s singles promoted to country radio have now gone the distance, extending his perfect record on Country Airplay.
    Russ Penuell, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And what about the relationship between Firehouse Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney), who had a highly contentious relationship with his team after taking it over last season from the promoted, and beloved Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker)?
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The tax credits, part of the Affordable Care Act, have helped nearly 610,000 Tennesseans afford health insurance premiums this year.
    Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Students may also wear certain approved sweaters, blouses and vests.
    Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The move is enabled by the expansion of Florida’s Schools of Hope law, which allows approved charter school operators co-locate or have full access to underused, vacant or surplus district facilities in the attendance zone or within five miles of a persistently low-performing school.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

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