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 He was ordered held without bail and agreed to be extradited to Providence within a week. Louisa Moller, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 In the weeks that followed, Paramount agreed to delay the merger until June 2027 while the legal challenge played out. Lillian Rizzo,sarah Whitten, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 That vision was validated by unanimous approval from competition authorities in nearly 70 jurisdictions worldwide, who agreed this deal is pro-competitive, pro-consumer and pro-worker. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026 Deadline hears that Paramount has agreed to some CNN guardrails, financial penalties linked to CEO David Ellison‘s 30 movies a year commitment, and some sort of separation of the studios for a period. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 Paramount then agreed to pause the transaction until a trial on the merits, rather than fight a motion for a preliminary injunction. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 Combs paid her $20 million, and both agreed to never publicly speak about the other. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Ellison’s father, billionaire Larry Ellison, late last year agreed to backstop the $47 billion in equity needed to complete the acquisition. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreed
Verb
  • Cuts to public agencies have coincided with outbreaks of infectious and foodborne diseases, to the point that the administration is trying to manipulate numbers to hide measles deaths.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The event also coincided with the 10th anniversary of the TV series’ debut.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010.
    Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • During a plea hearing on July 2, Jalen Pendergrass admitted to meeting up with Thomas at an Inkster residence on April 5, 2025, and admitted that the two had gotten into a physical altercation.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As part of his plea agreement, Soofer admitted working with Malone to bill federal and state authorities for homelessness aid services when there were no participants in his programs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The change’s size corresponded to the photon’s energy, which allowed the team to make highly precise measurements.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • When Fitzpatrick’s family does join him on the road, the NFL vet can’t help but marvel at how his personal and professional lives have blended seamlessly.
    Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Popular music from the 1960s blended the Khmer heritage of courtly performing arts with French cabaret songs, brass music, and bossa nova introduced by way of the Philippines.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 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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