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
  • Though the market size was just $5 billion in 2025, according to Analysys Mason, fewer companies operating in this space are leading to launch schedules being booked for a year or two ahead.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Ticket revenue is driven by season ticket revenue, which gets booked whether fans attend games or not.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • The car displayed was wrapped with images of the popular Derby Tiger from the film.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Rivas’ mother bowed her head and cried as the images were displayed.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea has requested a trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as contract extension talks have stalled.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Her clients had long requested small units for peptides, beauty products, and fertility treatments, but GLP-1s have made the case even more compelling.
    Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Despite its correction, EWZ remains in a cyclical bull trend as defined by the weekly cloud model, denoted by the shaded area on the chart, which provides support for the uptrend aligned with former resistance near $34.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • California is not experiencing a uniform decline in violent crime as denoted in the California Crime Statistics 2026.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • All rights reserved Memory is not the only record of what people eat.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • There are also various livery options, plus a vivid new Tangelo Orange color scheme reserved solely for the 420 Sport.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Emmy-winning composer David Fleming (Widow’s Bay, Superman, HBO’s The Last of Us) was also revealed as the game’s composer, marking his video game composing debut with the main title theme, Logan, now available on all music platforms.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • The announcement comes just days after defense technology company Anduril revealed Thunder, the military variant of the same dual-use aircraft platform, at the Farnborough International Airshow.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Stacy co-sponsored a controversial bill that ultimately died in 2023, HB 419, which sought to ban gender transition procedures, hormones and puberty blockers for minors.
    Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • Tehran has sought to paint the pause in hostilities as a victory.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Homeland Security has indicated that getting the wall built is a priority.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Available listings in June increased by only 4% versus the same period last year, Rollins indicated.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
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“Bespoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespoken. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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