bespoken

past participle of bespeak
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as in booked
to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip

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as in denoted
to serve as a sign or symptom of her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice

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Verb
  • According to court documents, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office notifies ICE of every person booked into the jail who was not born in the United States, and asks if the agency wants a detainer.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Sony Pictures Classics and Walden Media’s WWII drama Nuremberg, booked at 1,700 theaters this weekend, started off with $210K last night in previews.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • Brown said the store is in a small car port attached to the garage, and the produce is displayed on tables and in refrigerated cases.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • As both a player and in his post-playing career, Craig has displayed an ability to elevate those around him.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • After the couple handed Clarkson a paper with their vows and requested her to read it, the three-time Grammy Award winner joked that she wasn’t officially allowed to officiate.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Her mother requested ketamine treatment, explaining that infusions of the drug had helped Maya in the past; hospital staff reported Beata to the Department of Children and Families, and she was accused of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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  • Previous downturns of this nature, denoted by red arrows on the chart, resulted in consolidation phases lasting several weeks.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The iCBT group showed large reductions in social anxiety compared to the control group, with effect sizes that denoted very strong effects.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • The result was an event that felt unbuttoned but was crafted with the care usually reserved for state dinners.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The risk of raising prices is why direct payments, typically called stimulus checks, are normally reserved for emergencies when demand is low – such as during the 2008 financial crisis or the Covid pandemic.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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  • The season 2 finale introduced a dizzying cheating scandal that revealed even more cracks in the ever-cratering friend group.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Their excavations revealed no signs of a social hierarchy, such as statues of specific individuals.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • The parents both told the outlet, though, that their son has not sought political advice from them.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Massachusetts had passed a state law exempting its citizens from serving in such an undeclared war, and the state then sought to bring the question of the conflict’s constitutionality before the justices.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
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  • While the Tuesday elections were held in blue states, the margins of victory for Democrats and exit polling indicated that many voters are dissatisfied with the state of the economy and inflation.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Companies tied to all four men appear in the leaks, several of which indicated they were established to invest in real estate in the United States.
    Karen Wang, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Bespoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespoken. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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