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as in shone
to emit rays of light
a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s
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Recent Examples of beamed
The team will monitor the flyby by tracking Psyche's radio signals beamed to NASA's giant array radio network antennas on Earth known as the Deep Space Network.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Best of all for me was a performance by my favorites, Culture Club, beamed in from London.
—Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Shards of sunlight beamed through a canopy of deciduous oak, mixed in with pine trees, that protected the trail from overwhelming heat.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Soon a photograph of a dead man was being beamed across the city to a sparse apartment brimming with dread.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Best of all for me was a performance by my favorites, Culture Club, beamed in from London.
—Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Shards of sunlight beamed through a canopy of deciduous oak, mixed in with pine trees, that protected the trail from overwhelming heat.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Soon a photograph of a dead man was being beamed across the city to a sparse apartment brimming with dread.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beamed
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Osaka’s tennis shone, too, in a 6-3, 7-6(3) win that felt straightforward considering Siegemund’s ability to knock opponents off rhythm with her awkward, slice-laden game and use of tennis’ dark arts.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Meyer imaged the Horsehead Nebula over several nights running through November 2025 to March 2026 using a Radian Raptor 61 mm telescope paired with an astronomy camera and accessories as Orion shone in the sky over Phoenix, Arizona.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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Watching Woolery climb the UCLA RBI record book, Grant grinned and reveled in it.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Assaidi, who grinned widely as he was led out of an NYPD stationhouse on his way to court for his arraignment, did not have any prior arrests, police said.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Sphere glowed yellow behind the stands.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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Feldstein glowed in a pink lacy dress, smiling as her wife placed a hand on her stomach.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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My mother had smiled at the pictures, her eyes brimming.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Her son Aire was pictured wearing a gray hooded tracksuit top and sweetly smiled for a selfie with his mom while sitting on her lap inside the plane.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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When asked about that, Jones laughed.—
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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According to Marcia, George was convinced he’d be laughed out of Hollywood because in the original script characters were running around and shooting at one another and nobody was getting hurt.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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“Beamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beamed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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