booked

verb

past tense of book
1
as in reserved
to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use we booked a conference room for the meeting next week

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2
as in moved
slang to leave a place often for another I'm running late, so I've got to book

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Recent Examples of booked The policy update, applicable to all reservations booked on or after November 20, is designed to streamline the Airbnb experience after a slew of customer complaints about unclear house rules and laborious demands by property hosts. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 He was booked into the Washington County Jail before being transferred to Orange County. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Bryski was booked at the Ventura County Jail on one count of murder, according to the news release. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Finebaum was not booked for his regular appearances on shows like SportsCenter and Get Up the week after his interview with OutKick. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Hoang was booked into Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder, police said. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The 15-year-old was booked into Placer County juvenile custody on a murder charge. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The three men were booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston County. — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 He was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge and is being held without bond, according to jail records. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
  1. reserved
  2. moved
  3. hired
  4. exited
  5. departed
  6. went
  7. got
  8. bailed
Verb
  • The designation is reserved for an external disaster or mass casualty incident.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Topping the list at $15 million, Gisele Bündchen’s Red Hot Fantasy Bra remains the most expensive in history (although it was reserved for the VS holiday catalog rather than the runway).
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of reserved
Verb
  • Deloitte found only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI pilots into production.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.
    — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The case originates from a change in admissions policy that began a decade ago, when a consulting group was hired to evaluate how the school system chose students for its middle school magnet programs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Determined to fortify his body for another long season, Reaves hired former Lakers head strength and conditioning coach Ed Streit to work with him.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Incoom exited the Eagles in the first half and didn’t return, and as a result the Panthers needed to do a whole bunch of roster magic to fill his role on special teams.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once the vehicle was parked, Pickens allegedly exited the car, walked to the driver’s side and opened the door.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Interscope’s pop/rock and urban divisions were impacted by last week’s restructuring as Sam Riback, Interscope’s co-president and head of pop/rock A&R, as well as Nicole Wyskoarko, the label’s head of urban A&R, both departed.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • The company generated $70 billion in free cash flow in the first half of this year, while AMD totaled just over $4 billion and Google parent Alphabet went cash flow negative in the second quarter to fund its buildout.
    — Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Napoli went ahead again in the 83rd minute thanks to a second from McTominay — who also scored twice in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • After all, many a good cause got its start from a spirit of noblesse oblige.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As transistors got smaller, the channels between them became proportionally narrower, and aluminum’s performance hit a wall.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Financial markets slumped on Friday as investors bailed on technology stocks amid concerns that companies exposed to artificial intelligence are starting to wobble.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • And then none of it mattered because his special teams bailed him out with a big kick return (thanks to a terrible decision by Eagles coach Nick Sirianni to even allow a kick return in the first place) followed by a walk-off field goal.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of bailed

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

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