booted (up)

past tense of boot (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booted (up)
Verb
  • Leading up to the offseason, with a weakened starting pitching class, Valdez is primed to be the headlining option in the winter, and Patrick McAvoy of Sports Illustrated thinks that the New York Mets are a prime landing spot.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His base appeared to be whiter, richer, and more educated than the city as a whole.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just as Erik ten Hag told David de Gea to kick the ball long for the visit of Liverpool in August 2022 after losing his opening two games in charge, Amorim instructed Senne Lammens, on his debut, to not risk an easy concession by passing possession short.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The individual pretending to be a deputy first instructed the user to pay the money by PayPal, but then instructed the man to use an ATM and provided a QR code, according to the complaint.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As part of his homework, Hanke provided a systemic analysis that narrowed a list of 239 potential candidates to the 50 most promising choices.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Guests are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy complimentary beer provided by Fossil Cove Brewery, wine, soft drinks and light snacks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Arthur later schooled me in the wonders of Belgian beers, now bringing those ideas to vibrant life at his brewery, The Lost Abbey.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The film acknowledges but rises above that violence as Cervantes’ coming of age tale, as a literary genius and one of history’s greatest humanists, schooled by a disciple of Erasmus.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These solar spotlights can be either staked in the ground or mounted on the wall, giving you tons of placement flexibility.
    Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • It can be mounted on your chest, helmet, or anywhere to get that perfect shot for your vlog.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Grizzlies already have a full roster of 15 players signed for next season, plus two first-round picks coming in, but 10 of those 15 are either expiring contracts or easily could be arranged to be so.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As a consequence, manuscripts from the Cotton collection have shelf marks such as Julius D X or Tiberius D III, and lists of such manuscripts are not arranged alphabetically but follow the sequence of Roman emperors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the main criticisms of Tilly Norwood is that the software that created the character was allegedly trained on the uncompensated work of professional actors.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Because social platforms have not trained their detection models on sufficient non-English-language and non-Western data, much of the AI-fakes detection technology is still very shaky, if not useless, in the Global South and across the developing world.
    John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Booted (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booted%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.

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