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as in bragged
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner
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Recent Examples of boasted
Trump in his remarks boasted of returning religion back to the center of American politics and culture, emphasizing efforts to support prayer in school, policies targeting transgender people and the creation of a White House faith office, among other actions.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
The Wolverines went 12-2, made the College Football Playoffs and boasted a top-10 defense.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The influencer — whose real name is Da Sol Lee — boasted millions of followers across platforms, including YouTube and Instagram, the latter of which is now deactivated.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The show — which also boasted Oscar nominee Toni Collette among its cast — examined dark secrets buried in a small town in Vermont that contains a school for troubled teens.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Madeline, with her background in marketing and event management, oversees operations, fulfills orders and manages social media — no easy feat for an Instagram account that boasted 10,000 followers well before opening day.
—Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Iger boasted about Disney’s parks business on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Monday.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
That’s a a reason the Wild boasted a 13-5-5 recorded with Hughes in the lineup heading into the matchup with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rogers Place.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
The organization has a long history of partnering with musicians, going back to 1995’s The Help Album, which boasted new songs from Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, Portishead, and more of the biggest names in British music.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
The Wolverines went 12-2, made the College Football Playoffs and boasted a top-10 defense.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The influencer — whose real name is Da Sol Lee — boasted millions of followers across platforms, including YouTube and Instagram, the latter of which is now deactivated.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The show — which also boasted Oscar nominee Toni Collette among its cast — examined dark secrets buried in a small town in Vermont that contains a school for troubled teens.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Madeline, with her background in marketing and event management, oversees operations, fulfills orders and manages social media — no easy feat for an Instagram account that boasted 10,000 followers well before opening day.
—Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Iger boasted about Disney’s parks business on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Monday.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
That’s a a reason the Wild boasted a 13-5-5 recorded with Hughes in the lineup heading into the matchup with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rogers Place.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
The organization has a long history of partnering with musicians, going back to 1995’s The Help Album, which boasted new songs from Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, Portishead, and more of the biggest names in British music.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boasted
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Their deaths occurred roughly seven weeks apart last year — Harper, 18, was gunned down at a house party in Bay Point by intruders who allegedly bragged about it online afterward.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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This low-budget-looking spot was way more successful than the company's previous 2000 Super Bowl ad, the one that bragged about wasting 2 million bucks while showing a monkey dancing on a bucket.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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The best-selling book contained several bombshell revelations, many of which were related to Spears’ controversial conservatorship, which finally ended in 2021.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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Fungi fossils preserved in the chert contained compounds from the breakdown of chitin and glucan, key structural molecules in fungi.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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