coffered

verb

past tense of coffer
as in set by

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffered
  1. set by
  2. deposited
  3. preserved
  4. withheld
  5. secreted
  6. retained
  7. banked
  8. concealed
Verb
  • Act quickly to prevent stains from setting by avoiding the dryer and rinsing with cold water.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, nearly half of the foods reviewed failed to meet at least one nutritional benchmark set by the World Health Organization.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of set by
Verb
  • But once that money is deposited into a BNY account, an individual can roll it over to a different trustee, Smith explained.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • In the days after the flood, a National Guard helicopter deposited Jarrett in the canyon, which had become inaccessible by car.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Definition of deposited
Verb
  • Based on the current designs, the brick church’s structure will be preserved, and the buildings will be attached with a lobby.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • This is consistent with the idea that solitary (and aggressively hormonal) males were more likely to die in natural traps, such as landslides or sinkholes, increasing the chance that their bones would be preserved over thousands of years.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of preserved
Verb
  • State officials provided a version of the rolls but withheld sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
  • The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin, the release said.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2026
Definition of withheld
Verb
  • The pancreas, which lies between the liver and the stomach, makes special enzymes that are secreted into the intestines after a meal to help break down food particles.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Some peptides are naturally produced in the body, such as insulin; which is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that decreases blood sugar levels.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of secreted
Verb
  • The look was styled by Jason Bolden and retained some of the key elements seen on the runway.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
  • Two years later and after just a handful of days back in the gym, the former Olympic all-around champion clearly retained her elite ability.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of retained
Verb
  • Trump had banked with Capital One for more than a decade before the accounts were closed.
    — Ken Sweet, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The wide specialized entry banked an opening frame of $596,324.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
Definition of banked
Verb
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of concealed
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“Coffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffered. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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