Thesaurus results for CADGED

cadged

verb

past tense of cadge

as in requested

to persuade someone to give you (something) for free He spent his time trying to cadge drinks from the customers. She cadged money from her sister.

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The Supreme Court requested a total of $228 million for next fiscal year, a roughly 10% increase over the year before.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of requested

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Yet, the same people who begged for this opportunity for years suddenly want to police the moment.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Up to this point, Ruthye has begged Supergirl to help her exact revenge on Krem, which the heroine has refused, so the alignment of their goals ends up a convenient happenstance.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of begged

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Before Jagger’s trip to South Florida, the lifelong Arsenal fan was asked by UK’s The Sun about his country’s chances against Norway, led by team captain Erling Haaland.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Five of the 11 questions reporters asked Spieth that night centered around handling a lead.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of asked

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Last week, a group of about 50 residents rallied a block away from the warehouse and demanded the company clean up the debris from the fire and then pack up and leave.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Rather than needing years of specialist knowledge, attackers can now use large language models to perform reconnaissance, identify weaknesses, write malicious code and map computer networks in ways that previously demanded significant expertise.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of demanded

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His first save by Dan Ndoye required a diving save to Martínez's left.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026

Definition of required

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Last year, OpenAI’s Sora 2 video tool drew outrage in Hollywood after users conjured up dead celebrities without their estates’ consent.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The punishment conjured up the prospect of a candidate hoping to lead France stumping for votes with an electronic tag on her ankle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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