chartered

past tense of charter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chartered Local 884, which was chartered in 1960, is exclusively devoted to on-set educators, who also serve as minors‘ welfare advocates on set. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 Machado’s team said that the opposition leader, who is now based in Panama, attempted to return to Venezuela by sea, but the company that chartered her boat canceled the trip hours before leaving, alleging its vessel was unfit for navigation. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Rams players, however, are arriving in Melbourne just one day before the game, while their opponents chartered a plane last week and have already been acclimating to the 17-hour time zone difference. — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 When Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned Posada and released him from prison in August 2004, Gonzalez flew him to Honduras, on a plane chartered by Alvarez. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Reports that Liverpool chartered their own jet are incorrect. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to guard public buildings, challenged the construction of the project. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Our hunting and conservation editor and his buddies chartered a helicopter to fly into an area of public land that was surrounded by private ranches. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026 The twin-engine Cessna was operated by Security Aviation and had been chartered to fly from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, located about 40 miles south of Goodnews Bay, according to KTUU. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chartered
Verb
  • The vibrant nonprofit amateur flat track league has rented space to play for more than 20 years and was seeking a permanent home.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Farmers will also be able to report information about land that is rented out via barter or for free.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • My leadership is much more about providing a very clear direction and making sure that there’s a high degree of autonomy for people to feel empowered and enabled to do so.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Expanding locations provides revenue generation, yet maintaining consistency preserves the brand that enabled expansion in the first place.
    — Tushar Mishra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Shula was ultimately forced out in January 1996 and Johnson was hired one week later.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That's according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly and cautioned the plans could shift.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As synthetic media and autonomous systems proliferate, organizations will need to verify identity, prove content provenance and determine whether AI agents are authorized to act.
    — Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Organizers see Saturday’s protest as part of an ongoing effort and hope more people will feel empowered to participate.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That is in large part, Steiker said, because of a deferential judicial approach to the execution process, which has consistently empowered states to carry out executions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The city partnered with The Fax Partnership and Mile High United Way to distribute grants of up to $15,000 to some businesses who qualified for relief.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This is the fourth time both have qualified for postseason play.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Senate Bill 903 would have prohibited a therapist from using AI tools to make decisions or evaluate a person’s emotional state, without the review and approval from someone who is licensed.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His works are carefully licensed and stewarded, which brings us to Jean-Pierre Frohlich.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Guinness World Records certified the feat after officials monitored the August 29 demonstration.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That early access also gives exhibitors an incentive to get their screens certified.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Chartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chartered. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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