agreed

past tense of agree
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as in bargained
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action since we couldn't agree, we tossed a coin to decide the matter

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Recent Examples of agreed Hynde sat with filmmaker Joss Crowley for conversations over a three-year period, and only agreed to go before the camera for the last one. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 At their May meeting in Beijing, the two discussed AI guardrails but produced limited results, and last week the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the two leaders had agreed to set up an intergovernmental dialogue on AI. John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft has posted a provisional code of conduct that would impose restrictions on its artificial intelligence models, days after Anthropic and OpenAI leaders agreed to slow development speed. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s representative for Gaza, recently announced that Hamas had agreed to a new plan, under which the group would begin to surrender its weapons if Israel began to withdraw. Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 The president agreed — with surprisingly little pushback, according to two people with knowledge of the Oval Office discussion, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private talks. ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Sunderland had agreed a deal with Visit Ghana, but a statement from the club on Monday revealed that the partnership is not expected to be completed. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 After a tense year of sniping and trolling each other, the family members agreed to bury the butcher knife, and the Original Roy Hutchins empire added an Arlington location near AT&T Stadium. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026 In 1911, the government bought the Hôtel Biron; in exchange for his continued occupancy, Rodin agreed to donate many of his sculptures, drawings, and antiquities to be housed there as a museum. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreed
Verb
  • This has coincided with a widespread belief that humans will inevitably confirm that extraterrestrials exist.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The last big El Niño in 2015-2016 featured five to six Kelvin waves, which at times coincided with atmospheric rivers that led to record high wave heights across the state.
    Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There is money tied to this format through playoff broadcasts, and any change would have to be collectively bargained between the league and MLBPA.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Like other major sports leagues, the WNBA’s eligibility rule is collectively bargained and thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the agreement, the company admitted that employees provided improper payments and benefits to alcohol retailers for years, including cash, gift cards, luxury goods, resort stays, golf trips and airfare.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Clancy also admitted in court filings to killing her three children, but claimed that severe mental illness left her not criminally responsible.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The adventurous footwear look corresponded with her dress, which featured corset-like lace-up detailing along the sides.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Both cohorts showed evidence of a dose-dependent association, in which higher blood xylitol concentrations corresponded to higher rates of cardiovascular events.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Meme creators ultimately blended real-world tragedy with internet-native irony.
    Owen Carry, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • When blended with usual pancake ingredients, like flour, sugar, and leaveners, silken tofu acts as a binder, much like eggs in a standard recipe.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Their mothers assented because anything the cousins did together could be considered family time.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • Her mother reluctantly assented, so long as Carol went with her.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Other meteorologists concurred, indicating the majority of model guidance doesn't show a credible hurricane threat to California during the second week of September.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Sky denies that Northrop ever concurred with Kavanagh’s concerns.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the novel makes its intentions clear in its opening lines, when the narrator reports having confessed an interest in writing M’s autobiography and M asking if the story would be entirely made up.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
  • He was fatally stabbed, and Davis later confessed to cutting him.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

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