boarded

verb

past tense of board
1
as in fed
to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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2
as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

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Recent Examples of boarded The tanks, which Otjen said are big enough to allow the massive belugas -- some of which are up to 16 feet long -- to float, were boarded onto a Qatar Airways Boeing 777. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 July 2026 Panamá’s Expansiva Cine has also boarded the project as a co-developer. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 22 July 2026 Sony Pictures has boarded the adaptation of Alex Michaelides’ New York Times bestselling first novel The Silent Patient. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Early the next day, Machado went to the Manassas Regional Airport, in Virginia, and boarded a small jet with a few aides. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 The Navy’s ongoing assessments documented houses being condemned and boarded up. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 Sergio De Larrea boarded a flight to the United States for the first time in his life in late June. — Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 July 2026 When the training ended, Team England traveled to the airport, where the entourage boarded a plane for Florida and a chance to finish third, which would be the Brits’ best showing since the 1966 World Cup. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026 Meanwhile, Schettino boarded a lifeboat and abandoned the cruise ship. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
  1. fed
  2. housed
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
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  • As someone who fed on emotion and belonging throughout his career, Keegan had always felt the pull of Newcastle United, the club of his father.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The headwaters of this 1,400-mile long artery are in the Rocky Mountains, fed by melting snowpack.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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  • The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026
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  • Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
Definition of accommodated
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  • Parents lodged complaints about coaches, at least one athlete claimed they were being bullied and harassed by a teammate, and rival programs raised concerns about the team’s behavior in competitions.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • On April 29, the loose body that lurked in the backdrop all along became lodged inside Skubal’s elbow joint in front of the world.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
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