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
  • The district’s current budget assumes $285 million in TIF funds, though the final amount will be set by City Hall later this year.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of set by
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  • First, Babar Azam, recently reappointed as captain, rocked on to his back foot and deposited the hosts’ Jomel Warrican over long on and into the stand at the Queen’s Park Oval for six.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The strong federal protections that apply while funds remain inside an ERISA-qualified retirement plan may not necessarily follow the cash once it's distributed and deposited into a regular bank account.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposited
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  • His ancestors moved there in the 1850's, and their photos and other archives are preserved inside the Roseville Historical Society museum.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The previous owners’ blue kitchen would have to go, but Appleton and Rafter preserved the island’s stone top, the window shutters, and the black Aga stove—a staple of an English country house.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of preserved
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  • For an executive whose marginal rate is well above 22%, that gap between what's withheld and what's owed becomes a five- or six-figure surprise.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The identity of the man was withheld by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office pending identification and notification of kin.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of withheld
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  • The last ceremony of the retreat was with 5-MeO-DMT, a powerful and fast acting psychedelic secreted from a toad.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The other is a bubbly substance scientists believe is secreted to smother small predators and/or wash them out of the shell.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of secreted
Verb
  • George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in their own corruption cases, and former Department of Justice criminal chief Brent Wible have also been retained.
    — Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Special touches added by Gail have been retained, including an eccentric serpent mosaic based on a design by Frank Zappa himself.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of retained
Verb
  • Harris actually banked in her first 3-pointer of the final quarter, a sign of things to come.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Trump had banked with Capital One for more than a decade before the accounts were closed.
    — Ken Sweet, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of banked
Verb
  • That concealed the actual removal of the lettering for POTUS.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • During the state hearing, attorneys representing the school board argued that administrators had misled members and concealed the district's financial condition.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealed
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