been

past participle of be
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as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes our school's football team is first in its division

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of been Sean Payton‘s been the Broncos head coach for just over two years now. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for been
Verb
  • Since Missouri moved from the Big 12 to the SEC on July 1, 2012, the program has lived quite a second life in the South.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Becoming a saint In the Catholic faith, sainthood is reserved for those who have lived a life of heroic virtues, offered their life for others or died for their faith, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
    Lauren Costantino September 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.
    Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In 2007, Kansas was picked to play in the Orange Bowl over Mizzou, even though the Tigers were ranked higher and had won the head-to-head matchup in the final week of the regular season.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • His 151 carries ranked sixth, while his 631 rushing yards ranked seventh.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Out of 34 matchups between FBS teams that have been played at least 110 times, Mizzou-Kansas is one of two that hasn’t happened the past two seasons.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Eight of the top ten drawings happened this decade.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Physicists say the results show the experiment is ready to investigate quark-gluon plasma, an exotic state of matter that existed moments after the Big Bang.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To end the game, the Panther defense stood tall.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Because of that, great stock is placed on the pictures and videos that are taken with a smartphone.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The board placed the task of arts grants distribution into the hands of the Parks and Culture Committee and decided to transition its distribution formula to one that divided the total pot of arts funding allocated in the county budget equally among all qualified groups, Tarantino said.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Most of the damage done by the Trojans came in the ground game with three touchdowns.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some, like Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Jack Grealish and Mohammed Kudus, have already done so.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Been.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/been. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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