COMMENDED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of commend

as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another I commend my fate into your hands

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Recent Examples of commended But others also commended her for protecting Barron, even if that means protecting him from those close to him. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 21 July 2026 On Saturday, Reeve commended the team’s centers but found the guards struggling to make anything work on the defensive end. — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026 Venable commended how the Sox found different ways to capture the series. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 Leeper says the authors should be commended for those precautions, but the possibility of contamination can’t be ruled out completely. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 July 2026 Donning a loud orange and curly wig, Tel commended KC for its hospitality as a host city. — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026 As free press advocates rail against the privacy act lawsuit, Fox News commended the stay in a statement shared with The Guardian. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 June 2026 Popović commended the Bay Area for the show its put on this far, with his team having stayed at The Claremont in Berkeley’s hills and practiced at the old Oakland Raiders’ facility in Alameda. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Andrew MacDonald, the lifeboat commander on the rescue boat that responded to the incident, commended Archie’s quick thinking in the statement shared by the RNLI. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

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One day before SpaceX priced the largest IPO in history—a $75 billion raise that valued Elon Musk’s rocket-and-AI conglomerate near $2 trillion—MSCI ESG Research handed the company a CCC rating.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
After Jonathan India underwent shoulder surgery, the Royals handed the keystone reins to Michael Massey and Nick Loftin.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of handed

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But a new watchdog memo raises serious questions about whether the private contractors entrusted with that work are adequately protecting taxpayer information.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
As orphanages closed, more orphans and low-income children were entrusted to the care of foster parents in private homes.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Definition of entrusted

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Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Definition of gave

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Connecticut’s own tax fairness studies also show regressive tax burdens are more easily transferred from one entity to another.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
In the case of the missing children, they may have been trapped under the rubble, separated from their relatives, transferred without immediate communication or belonged to entire families whose whereabouts remain unknown.

— Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of transferred

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Waidbacher was on a commission that recommended the building be used either for a charitable or an official administrative purpose.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
In 72% of cases, Doctronic's AI recommended approving the renewal and routed it to a human physician for sign-off.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of recommended

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American viewers are used to seeing their football coverage delivered by Brits and/or other Europeans.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Grid Dynamics says the platform has delivered measurable gains, including inspection cycles up to 1,000 times faster and anomaly detection 24 times quicker in industrial deployments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

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