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as in fed
to provide food or meals for
housed and boarded many foster children over the years
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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
All of the first floor doors and windows were boarded up as well.
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Lesley Marin, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Detectives located the car at the Dolphin Garage at MIA and found out Odio-Surarez boarded an American Airlines flight to Havana.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Other notable figures who boarded the royal yacht included Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, singer Frank Sinatra, and silver-screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, according to a 2018 press release from The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust and a 1983 Washington Post report.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Williams, 37, struck an optimistic tone while speaking with the media Friday before the 49ers boarded a charter flight to Philadelphia.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Both sites have since deteriorated into eyesore properties and remain boarded and fenced following break-ins, loitering and other types of code violations.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Also on the management front, Polly Auritt joined the Culinary unit, Neville King the Sports department, Dylan Flinn boarded the AI team and Steph Lechman and Kieran John joined the Gaming unit.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
In fact, the entire city of Tehran was in thrall to the notion that something was on the verge of happening, a rumour that had begun spreading earlier that day when several stalls at the bazaar were boarded up.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
At the airport in Tapachula, the deportees boarded white passenger buses that took them to the parking lot of the city's Olympic soccer stadium.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Lesley Marin, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Detectives located the car at the Dolphin Garage at MIA and found out Odio-Surarez boarded an American Airlines flight to Havana.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Other notable figures who boarded the royal yacht included Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, singer Frank Sinatra, and silver-screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, according to a 2018 press release from The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust and a 1983 Washington Post report.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Williams, 37, struck an optimistic tone while speaking with the media Friday before the 49ers boarded a charter flight to Philadelphia.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Both sites have since deteriorated into eyesore properties and remain boarded and fenced following break-ins, loitering and other types of code violations.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Also on the management front, Polly Auritt joined the Culinary unit, Neville King the Sports department, Dylan Flinn boarded the AI team and Steph Lechman and Kieran John joined the Gaming unit.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
In fact, the entire city of Tehran was in thrall to the notion that something was on the verge of happening, a rumour that had begun spreading earlier that day when several stalls at the bazaar were boarded up.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
At the airport in Tapachula, the deportees boarded white passenger buses that took them to the parking lot of the city's Olympic soccer stadium.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
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Chris Kreider’s diagonal pass connected with Jackson LaCombe, who immediately fed the puck to an unmarked Poehling for an easy conversion.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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By happenstance, the high risk report was released just as a scandal was erupting in Minnesota over widespread fraud in a program meant to keep children fed during the pandemic.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The elementary school arts magnet program will be housed at University Park Creative Arts.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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That's because the Globes do look a little different this year, thanks to construction on the Beverly Hilton, the iconic hotel that's housed the awards show for decades.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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All new bookings will require guests to be aged 18 years or older, in a departure from Oceania’s previous policy, which accommodated passengers as young as six months on certain sailings.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Adding an additional four teams could be accommodated as soon as the 2026 season.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Toward the end of last month, more than a dozen separate proposals from Chinese satellite operators were lodged with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the global body responsible for coordinating radio spectrum and orbital slots.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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His friends also told him that Farabi Eye Hospital in Tehran experienced a particular surge in patients with pellets lodged in their eyes, with roughly 200 to 300 patients.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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