cleared (up)

past tense of clear (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleared (up)
Verb
  • The Athletic recently explained UEFA’s primary two financial regulations — the football-earnings rule and the squad-cost rule.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bhavya Lal, a Professor of Policy Analysis with RAND School of Public Policy and a former NASA associate administrator for technology, policy, and strategy, explained in an interview with SpaceNews.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Whether this is a one-week elevation, or a permanent demotion based on practice performance, or a push towards the franchise’s future, will likely be clarified by coach Mike McDaniel after the game.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In an edit to her post, the bride clarified that the fallout has extended beyond just her sister.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The government shutdown has illustrated, in the starkest terms, Vought’s expansive theory of executive power and his willingness to ignore Congress.
    Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • With a stock like TJX, the real magic is in the long-term uptrend illustrated on the weekly chart.
    David Keller, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Live-action adaptations of manga and anime have been hit or miss, as demonstrated by successes like One Piece and Alice in Borderland, and failures like Cowboy Bebop and Death Note.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In 2022, Australian firm Cortical Labs demonstrated similar progress by training artificial neurons to play the video game Pong.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Third-row access is simplified with a slide assist walk-in mechanism.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The relationships that Mark forms in the course of his career are similarly simplified—principally, his hearty bromance with Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader), who is first his trainer and then, entering the circuit himself, a competitor.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Cleared (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleared%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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