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 In June 2025, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter agreed to buy a majority stake in the Lakers from the Buss family in a deal that valued the team at $10 billion, a then-record for a sports franchise. Ian Thomas, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 Also last month, Archer agreed to buy three aviation and autonomy businesses from Boeing — Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu — to boost its flying-taxi and autonomous flight capabilities. Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 Strangers can become props, and public spaces can turn into film sets no one agreed to take part in. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 Then there's also the planetary protection agreements that many countries have agreed to. Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Dave Townsend, partner in Dorsey & Whitney’s International Trade Group, agreed that the developments of recent days have injected more trouble into USMCA negotiations. Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 The company has agreed to freeze the merger until either the antitrust challenge is resolved or June 1, 2027 — whichever comes first. Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 Until those sanctions were terminated, the US agreed to issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives. Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The comments came on the same day the 60-day negotiation period agreed to in the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran expired. August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreed
Verb
  • The transit center work has coincided with a major Sacramento County road project along Watt Avenue.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Lamont’s statement on Tuesday coincided with a release from the New England States Committee on Electricity voicing similar concerns, which the committee said where shared by five New England states (New Hampshire being the exception).
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold.
    Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On Wednesday, the Israeli military admitted that its troops had opened fire on the car carrying Rajab and six members of her family in January 2024.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Spaniard admitted there has been more change than expected this summer.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Its analysis suggests a CPI rate above 3% has historically corresponded with more than 100 basis points of tightening during the first year of Fed hiking cycles.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For destination categories, such as televisions, laptops, and mobile phones, the perception of in-store value during information search and immediate fulfillment corresponded closely with revenue uplift; easier returns mattered much less.
    Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Those three components were blended before being recasked across both ex-bourbon (53 gallon) and ex-sherry (59 gallon) casks previously used to age Jura single malt Scotch.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • With a remarkable ability to bridge generations, Gansz delivered a message that blended his love of history with his love of football, using lessons from the past to shape how his teams prepared for the present.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 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
  • Hernandez concurred in her order that The Club is in violation of city laws.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Still, not all industry experts concurred with the rosy view widely held by speakers on the recent SAMHSA webinar.
    Lev Facher, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Charles, on the other hand, confessed to being rested and ready, despite working through a last minute technical glitch that had reared its head in the past few days.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After his arrest, Reut initially confessed to shooting Berezovska on Zhykovych’s orders, according to Ukrainian prosecutors.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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