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coffered

past tense of coffer

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • During inquiries, the ICO found 178 active email accounts using passwords identical or similar to those set by the organization’s IT desk when the account was activated.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour shut down rumors of bullying and harassment on the Stranger Things set by posing together and praising each other at the final season premiere event on Thursday.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The waste generated by the 3D printed builds is deposited into casts resembling large Leggo bricks.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Today, the cookbooks are out of print, but a few copies are available here and there online, and they are preserved in the archives and collections of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical Society.
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Decades later, in 1980, the Granzin family purchased the bakery, but preserved the recipes and traditions, from the strudel to the breakfast-sausage kolaches.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But custodians are required to cite the specific statutory basis for any record withheld under an exemption.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, withheld their votes and huddled with Thune at the back of the chamber.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Made from the milk-like substance secreted in late pregnancy and the first few days of breastfeeding, colostrum—normally only consumed by infants and other baby mammals, like calves—is being touted as a magic bullet for adults.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Amylin is a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin through the pancreas and helps regulate blood glucose levels, appetite and gastric emptying, which is the process of food moving from the stomach to the intestines.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere in the state, the Democrats retained their Supreme Court seats and the Democrats won the Pittsburgh mayoral race, the Philadelphia district attorney election and other key races.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Democrats retained a majority on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Posted at the side of the crease, San Jose winger William Eklund banked a puck into the net off the skate of Wild defender Jonas Brodin for an early lead.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Rather than add multiple high-caliber relievers and deal with roster construction issues at a later date, Los Angeles banked on its internal options.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The green silk brocade dress featured a delicate pearl shoulder strap detail, a cap sleeve on one arm, a low-cut neckline and a floor-length design that concealed her shoes.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • What, then, would West have made of Nat’s body, even concealed under a halter top?
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Coffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffered. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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