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as in supervised
to be in charge of
if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission
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as in ruled
to exercise authority or power over
captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town
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as in led
to serve as leader of
you did a good job of captaining the team
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Recent Examples of captained
The Dallas native played his high school soccer at Frisco Lone Star and came up through the FC Dallas Academy and captained the FC Dallas U19 team.
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Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
Messi, who captained Argentina for the first time in a friendly match at the Salt Lake stadium in a 1-0 win over Venezuela in 2011, virtually unveiled a 70-foot statue of himself in Kolkata earlier on Saturday.
—Reuters 23 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Messi, who captained Argentina for the first time in a friendly match at the Salt Lake stadium in a 1-0 win over Venezuela in 2011, virtually unveiled a 70-foot statue of himself in Kolkata earlier on Saturday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
That regression is particularly problematic for an offense captained by quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is always at his best with a quality run game to lean on and help open up the pass attack.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett, who took five wickets on Test debut, are set to retain their places in the side, which will be captained by Steve Smith in Cummins’ absence.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
And Ciera was a volleyball player who later captained the Davidson College squad.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
The dessert win was a long time coming for Circle City Sweets’ Hawkins, who also captained the Team Indiana group that entered 15 teams of chefs in all 10 categories.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Marta, Orlando Pride The Brazilian great has played for the Pride since 2017 and captained the team last season to both the NWSL Shield and the league championship.
—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
Messi, who captained Argentina for the first time in a friendly match at the Salt Lake stadium in a 1-0 win over Venezuela in 2011, virtually unveiled a 70-foot statue of himself in Kolkata earlier on Saturday.
—Reuters 23 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Messi, who captained Argentina for the first time in a friendly match at the Salt Lake stadium in a 1-0 win over Venezuela in 2011, virtually unveiled a 70-foot statue of himself in Kolkata earlier on Saturday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
That regression is particularly problematic for an offense captained by quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is always at his best with a quality run game to lean on and help open up the pass attack.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett, who took five wickets on Test debut, are set to retain their places in the side, which will be captained by Steve Smith in Cummins’ absence.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
And Ciera was a volleyball player who later captained the Davidson College squad.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
The dessert win was a long time coming for Circle City Sweets’ Hawkins, who also captained the Team Indiana group that entered 15 teams of chefs in all 10 categories.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Marta, Orlando Pride The Brazilian great has played for the Pride since 2017 and captained the team last season to both the NWSL Shield and the league championship.
—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captained
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Though Busfield will be supervised by a pretrial services officer in Albuquerque, his travel will not be limited and he is required to report to that officer.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Busfield will be supervised upon release by a pretrial service in Albuquerque, and can leave the state to live at home, the judge said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner first ruled his death an apparent suicide.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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But the Florida Supreme Court in 2017 ruled the new law was unconstitutional, saying jury verdicts needed to be unanimous.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Law led Arapahoe to the Class 5A championship in 2009, then started his college career at Division III Salisbury before transferring to DU after one season.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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The funding round is led by MMC Ventures and QED Investors, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital, BNVT Capital, Bosch Ventures, Centrotec, and Earthshot Ventures.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Pitman, the judge who oversaw the case, said the statements were not just not misleading but that plaintiffs were borderline sanctionable for their representations to the court.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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Despite his playoff inconsistencies, McDermott oversaw a team that won 10 or more regular-season games over seven straight seasons, including two team record-matching 13-win seasons in 2022 and ’24.—
John Wawrow,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2026
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Now, the documentary Christiania, from director Karl Friis Forchhammer and producer Rikke Tambo, explores this commune in the Christianshavn neighborhood of the Danish capital that is shaped by anarchist hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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It has long been known that Earth's long-term climate is governed by the Milankovitch cycles, long-term variations in our planet's orbit and tilt governed by the gravitational pull of other planets in the solar system.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Fram2 is commanded Chun Wang of Malta, who is joined by vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen from Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of Germany, and Australian medical officer and mission specialist Eric Phillips.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Julia Roberts commanded attention from the red carpet to the stage, couples new and old stepped out for a glamorous date night and a few unexpected crossovers happened inside the venue.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The internal combustion side of the powertrain, handled in-house by Ford, will be paired with the Bosch hybrid system currently deployed across the Hypercar class.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
16 Jan. 2026
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As this is an active investigation being handled by another agency, the Bethel Police Department will not be involved in the criminal investigation and will not comment on specific details at this time.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Their relationship hasn't been without bumps — the pair briefly split in 2015 — but the couple has managed to weather the ups and downs.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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In the second one, Marv and Harry have managed to escape prison and meet up with Macaulay Culkin's character, Kevin, a second time, when the boy once again finds himself on his own for the most wonderful time of the year.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Captained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captained. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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