accommodated

past tense of accommodate
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as in seated
to make or have room for the back seat accommodates three people comfortably

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Recent Examples of accommodated Her school from fourth to seventh grade, Colegio San Agustín Makati, accommodated her tournament schedule. Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The United Kingdom and the United States ran deficits that accommodated both Japan’s and Germany’s surpluses. Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 Other exemptions are offered to students who are 21 or older, have a medical condition or disability that cannot be accommodated on campus, married or are a parent, face financial hardship, or are active-duty members of the armed forces or veterans. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Extended Students Services for before and after school care would still be provided and students with individualized education programs would still be accommodated, Fieberg said. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Affected passengers were being accommodated on later flights. Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 When the Berkeley Lab opened its supercomputing center inside the building, the site accommodated an IBM device that at the time was the world’s most powerful unclassified supercomputer. George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 Taiwan fits neither category as a guest but Nagasaki accommodated its representatives at their request last year, officials said. ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The affected passengers were accommodated in hotels for the night. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accommodated
Verb
  • According to several people seated near Kanter Freedom, Alter said the former NBA player began chirping at Cloud throughout the quarter.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The pair came away from that incident, and more subtle slights (like having to wait 20 minutes to be seated in a mostly empty restaurant), with a better understanding of each other.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In those earliest works using magazine transfers, Cowin layered disjunctive images, visually uniting realities that can’t easily be reconciled emotionally.
    Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Decades later, the first couple of rock and roll briefly split in 2016 after rumors of infidelity, but reconciled shortly thereafter.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Basically, this small insect appeared to preserve a transitional stage as its lineage gradually adapted from aquatic life to living on land.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The suffix has since been adapted in multiple health and wellbeing spaces.
    Jennifer Donnelly, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This tweak doubles the amount of time a player is obliged to wait on the sidelines from 30 seconds to one minute.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • There’s also a June 4 deadline for the expiration of a deal, with Paramount obliged to pay a $7 billion termination fee.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And the revision also will take into account the time constraints and investments needed to roll out a more developed EPR system, so mandatory recycling rates would be adjusted in phases to allow producers time to prepare for compliance.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • If you're set up with auto pay, your payment is automatically adjusted to account for the Pay Over Time payment.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In a 3-0 battering of Scotland, manager Carlo Ancelotti appeased the people of Miami with a Neymar cameo.
    David Hickey, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Both agencies appeased a murderer.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026

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“Accommodated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodated. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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