bespoken

Definition of bespokennext
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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  • Jessica Moncallo, 30, was arrested and booked into the Dawson County Jail on May 11 in connection with a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old driver on April 15 on County Road 18, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a press release on Tuesday, May 12.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Khusanov actually got booked for another one of those comings-together, well outside the box, down near the touchline, but this was not a yellow-card sort of game, all blood and thunder.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 16 May 2026
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  • Cuts of beef are displayed at Handy Market on May 14, 2026 in Burbank, California.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Once the response is ready to be displayed, the numeric tokens are turned back into words.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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  • City officials requested to extend X Street’s lease about three to five years, wrote Caltrans spokesperson Dennis Keaton.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, requested that Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez hold Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu in contempt of court after Nantambu did not appear for a Zoom deposition on Wednesday.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
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  • While there is no master list of PointSavers hotels or dates, they are clearly denoted in Marriott’s award night search results.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 6 May 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
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  • Fentanyl is a legitimate pharmaceutical drug reserved for rare medical situations, but it has been knocked off by Chinese chemical suppliers and Mexican cartel manufacturers in recent years in the latest iteration of the opioid epidemic.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026
  • The diminutive and naturally reserved eight-time Ballon d’Or winner might not intuitively feel like a match for a hardware chain.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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  • Far from an indictment of large language models, the ordeal revealed that even the country’s most prestigious attorneys rely on such services.
    Max Raskin, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
  • On the afternoon of the event, a Jewish man whose name was not revealed in court papers was walking his dog near the synagogue when Gitesatani approached from behind and punched him in the jaw, according to federal prosecutors.
    City News Service, Daily News, 18 May 2026
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  • Among other things, advocates expressed concern the bill would allow companies to collect sensitive data about immigration status and reproductive health care sought, and then sell it to third parties and federal agencies.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • Wang and Sun executed directives from PRC representatives and sometimes sought permission from Chinese government officials to post content, Wang’s plea agreement said.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
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  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Wednesday that Moscow’s fundamental terms are unchanged, with Putin insisting that Ukraine pull its troops from the four regions — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 but hasn’t fully captured.
    Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Another detail in the spectrum indicated the type of radiation that made the gas glow.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
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“Bespoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespoken. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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