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as in revealed
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom
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as in requested
to make a request for
milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bespoken
Verb
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Jake and Rebecca were arrested that same day on suspicion of murder and booked into custody.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025 -
The interview took place at a Tarrant County jail where Obiedo had been booked on an offense in another case.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tony didn’t find out about their daughter until after Ziva’s death, then father and daughter spent several years together before Ziva revealed the truth.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic revealed last Wednesday that Brazilian Luiz Fernando Iubel has joined Liverpool as the club’s new individual development lead coach.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Given the number of works Apple may have infringed upon, the plaintiffs, Hendrix and Roberson, have requested the court to turn their complaint into a class action and block the company from further infringement of this kind.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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The big tech giant won’t be required to sell its Chrome browser — one of the remedies originally requested by the Biden-era Department of Justice.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those documents are denoted by an icon of a piece of paper next to the entry in the chronological case summary.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
2 Sep. 2025
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Anything that has already opened, or will open before the 26th, is box-office ineligible and will be denoted as such in the guide.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the exhibition closes on October 2, the house will be divided into two exhibition spaces, one roughly 860 square feet and the other about 1,500 square feet, with a gravel area reserved for sculpture.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Sep. 2025
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In places like Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois — locations rarely blessed with sightings of auroras — northern skies featured a sudden colorful light show more often reserved for Alaska, far north Canada and northern Scandinavia.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While Ne Zha’s home of Chentang Pass is being obliterated, we’re shown a grim, apocalyptic tableau of mass death that features a family with a young child frozen in ash.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another video emerged that showed that Prescott spit on the ground in Carter’s direction first, but Carter then spit on Prescott’s chest, drawing the ejection.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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European hunters, many of them colonial officers, sought the Barbary lion as a trophy.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, Fazio notes that some vitamin supplementation, like with iron, should only be used in specific cases and otherwise avoided unless clearly indicated by a professional.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2025
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As part of their warnings, AI leaders have also indicated that entirely new jobs will surface with the AI boom.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Bespoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespoken. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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