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 The Democratic candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, Clayton Tucker, agreed. Jack Fink, CBS News, 14 July 2026 The payout, which the county agreed to in March, settled a 2023 lawsuit filed by the mother and children of Sherrano Stingley, who died after deputies detained him in a south Sacramento driveway in December 2022. Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 But the biggest risk stems from the lack of regulation, experts agreed. Jenna Anderson, Health, 13 July 2026 Ross, who owns the Arlington steakhouse Mercury Chophouse and Hearsay, a restaurant located inside Choctaw Stadium, agreed that soccer fans have been good for business. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026 The Heat traded Jaquez, guard Tyler Herro, center Kel’el Ware, guard Kasparas Jakucionis and a load of draft capital to the Bucks to acquire Antetokounmpo veteran forward Bobby Portis in a trade agreed to in late June and finalized on July 6. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 And the Omani state news agency said drones struck sites in an area on the waterway, a day after Oman and Iran held talks on the strait and agreed to continue discussions. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 According to prosecutors, Lumumba agreed to accept $50,000 disguised as five $10,000 campaign contribution checks. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026 The campaign culminated in a threat by the White House to withhold federal funding unless the Smithsonian agreed to turn over all documents for a content review. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreed
Verb
  • That has coincided with a global investment rally in AI stocks, an industry where India has no champions.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • The team’s dramas coincided with years of wider chaos in the country, as cycles of hyperinflation and bailouts bedevilled its economy.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
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  • Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The rules have also not been bargained with a players’ association, like in pro sports, so there’s no labor exemption from antitrust scrutiny.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026
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  • Today, international students are admitted for duration of status.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, while the offenses admitted by Manzano carry a maximum penalty of 20 years.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • In Conversation with Peter Mishler For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Most swimsuits are made of nylon, polyester, a ribbed material, or neoprene (a more intense, sporty material), and blended with spandex, Lycra, or elastane for stretch.
    Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • Still, there is clearly whiskey to be finished, blended, and bottled, even if distilling operations might be on hiatus.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 July 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
  • Coney Barrett signed on to the majority opinion that Roberts wrote, and Kavanaugh concurred.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett concurred.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • On Friday, Wardlaw confessed to the stabbing, Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Robert Bleazard said.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • Sochor confessed to the crime, but her body has never been found − still a torment to her family.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 July 2026

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