claimed 1 of 2

past tense of claim
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claimed

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adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for claimed
Verb
  • The patients alleged the company didn’t disclose the risk of false positives in genetic testing on embryos, which led them to discard potentially viable embryos.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Because of his status as a prestige member, the club turned a blind eye to the abuse, the lawsuit alleged − the organization was ultimately not part of the trial.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For years, the pride derived from castoffs other teams had tossed aside, plugging them into a system that demanded his players outwork the opposition.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Playing demanded her full attention, body and mind.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In 2024, Taco Bell also opened a pop-up high-end retirement community, a stunt for all ages to enjoy the better parts of life, no work required.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • To that end, the legislature also required the body to keep complaints confidential — and not subject to disclosure through public records requests — unless they are substantiated, which has not yet happened.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, there are two kinds of pinkwashing – one appropriates the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon to sell products, while the other involves flaunting purported support for LGBTQ+ rights.
    Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That Hochul had many other options and still chose LaSalle shows either a lack of conviction in her purported beliefs or severe political ineptitude.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • The Innies insisted on exploring the outside world.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Hamas has insisted on sticking to the initial framework signed with Israel in January, which would have seen parties move to a second phase on March 1.
    Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Jimmy Butler has requested a trade and is serving a seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Patriots have requested a head-coaching interview with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, a source confirmed.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the first incident, a tornado completely destroyed the building.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma due to fire.
    TIME, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Vance, a professed Catholic, should know better than to use such a holy name as a joke.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • But 11 years is a long time for the company to see through its professed strategy to grow WhatsApp—and if current estimates are to be believed, the service has grown its user base by 6X to nearly 3 billion users.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 June 2025
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“Claimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claimed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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