caved

past tense of cave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caved
Verb
  • The application deadline has been extended to January 24, 2025, with prescreening requirements — ranging from two original rap songs, four original beats, a turntable performance, or a beatbox performance — submitted by video before a live audition.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • According to measurements submitted to the weather service, snowfall totals ranged between 8 and 13 inches in the Kansas City area.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • University leaders in Wisconsin, North Carolina, North Dakota, Virginia, Kentucky, and Texas have capitulated to jawboning efforts, shuttering DEI offices and LGBTQ studies programs when they are not required by law to do so.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The full 2004-05 season was lost before the players capitulated, and the same system remains in place today.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Already beset with more than their share of injuries, several Wild players had words with the officials at the end of the second period, after McDavid clipped Wild forward Marcus Johansson in the face with an elbow late in the period.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Before the 1924 Summer Games, when host Paris was beset by floods and economic struggles, L.A. civic leaders volunteered their city as a last-minute replacement.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Caved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caved. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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