caved

past tense of cave

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caved
Verb
  • The apartment building will contain 14 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom units, according to an application the developer submitted to the city earlier this week.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Once again this year, fourth grade teachers around the county turned their classrooms into recording studios, and their students submitted outstanding stories, interviews and commentaries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
    Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than spending millions in a relentless quest to solve the problems wrought by Coors Field, the Rockies appear to have capitulated to its whims.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • General Mills capitulated and brought back the original Trix, artificial dyes and all.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He and Kate Bosworth star in the horror comedy as a mom and dad whose neighborhood is beset by a pack of dangerous and surprisingly smart coyotes that can open doors and cause all sorts of suburban chaos.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As if the infighting weren’t enough, the Guinnesses are also beset by outside forces from seemingly every side of the cultural spectrum.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Caved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caved. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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