booked

past tense of book

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Recent Examples of booked 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 Both were booked Wednesday, triggering one-game suspensions that will keep them out of one of the club’s biggest matches of the season. Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 23 July 2026 The response has been big—the ranch was nearly fully booked for 2025. Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026 Campsites and mountain refuges along the route must be booked before the hike, and demand is high during the Southern Hemisphere summer from November through March. Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Landen has been charged with murder and booked into the McCormick County Sheriff’s Office, according to the statement by SLED. Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 In front of another capacity crowd of 68,239, La Albiceleste booked a ticket to Sunday’s World Cup final against Spain with 2-1 victory. Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026 According to Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office booking records, Alyssa Lee Couture, 40, was arrested Monday night and booked on a misdemeanor charge of stalking. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
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
  • Johnson was born in southern California and grew up in Omaha after her family moved there.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • The charge, which has since been dropped, was related to a dispute Dillon had with her former neighbors who had since moved and did not pursue the case, her lawsuit said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • That need has helped to push the Nats to join the Miami Marlins, who started to employ the tactic in the majors late last season, and the Rockies, who hired the Marlins’ assistant pitching coach this winter.
    Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Presley told the Board of Managers that over the last few months, the district has hired 142 uncertified teachers.
    Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • After Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin replaced both Roberson and Luckett in 2000, Franklin exited after a few months and the girl group became a trio — dropping their third album, Survivor the following year.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • They were dealt another blow Tuesday evening when right-fielder Jac Caglianone exited with right-shoulder soreness before the sixth inning of a home game against the San Francisco Giants.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Dobrev departed after the show’s sixth season in 2015, but returned for the finale.
    Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Caviar, Vintage Cuvees, and Tableside Rituals For Royal Ascot, Brown’s built the experience around breakfast, elevating the first meal of the day into an indulgent affair before guests departed for the racecourse.
    Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Robbie Williams was not using cocaine during the World Cup final on Sunday, after a video went viral of a white object falling from his mouth onto a microphone during an interview.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • Michelle Obama recently wore a similar pale blue polish, Emily Blunt went lavender, and Taylor Swift got a jumpstart on the season in an equally chilly millennial mint shade.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Iran got 70 million barrels of oil out of the strait in the weeks following its memorandum of understanding with the United States.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Fortunately for the All-Star forward, her teammates bailed her out.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • Nissan’s deepest crisis yet Nissan, founded in 1933, is emerging from its lowest point since at least 1999, when French carmaker Renault bailed it out, and perhaps at any point in its 92-year-long history.
    Andrew Staples, Fortune, 3 July 2026

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“Booked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booked. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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