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verb

past tense of conquer
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Recent Examples of conquered
Adjective
Military commanders, engineers, physicians, merchants, and administrators from conquered peoples could enter imperial service, demonstrating a level of social mobility uncommon in contemporary states. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026 Here the artists sew a conquered woman holding her child’s hand, begging for humanity. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa. — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026 Now the organization says Pascarella has conquered the globe. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026 Women have conquered space and awareness, helping to broaden the very concept of leadership. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 Mizzou tripped Kansas 42-31 last season in Columbia, went 4-1 against the Jayhawks uninterrupted from 2007-11 at Arrowhead Stadium and also conquered KU 42-17 in 2006 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 The rebel Queen Zenobia was a brilliant military and political leader who conquered Egypt and much of the eastern Roman Empire before challenging Rome itself. — Liz Regalia, Parents, 9 Sep. 2026 Bringing lions, elephants, bears or crocodiles to Rome from the furthest reaches of the Empire was a way of displaying the extent of the world Rome had conquered. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Back then, Below Deck hadn’t yet launched in the Mediterranean, the Housewives hadn’t yet conquered Potomac, and there were no Traitors, Summer House, or Mormon Wives to speak of. — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquered
Adjective
  • The Southern economy was underpinned by ports that traded in cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco – and enslaved people.
    — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tiffany Hsu, Mytheresa’s chief buying and group fashion venture officer, notes a clear shift away from the ease and practicality that’s dominated the last few years.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There haven't been many of those moments, as the Falcons have dominated from the start.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 1995 Jayhawks went 10-2 and defeated UCLA 51-30 in the bowl game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While the British prevailed over the rebels, the uprising laid the foundations for African nationalism.
    — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The skirt prevailed as one of the defining pieces of spring ‘27.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In one voting center in Sao Paulo, the energy was more subdued than four years ago, when Lula beat the senator’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • There are plenty of layers and body, but the bangs are slightly more subdued than a traditional shag.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ironically, visitation exposes the work to a whole other set of risks, since, without supervision, the sections could be subjected—and, indeed, have been—to damage.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon subjected high-ranking members to polygraph tests as part of an investigation into the source of leaks to journalists about how the war in Iran has created a shortage of sophisticated munitions, according to multiple media reports.
    — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Saturday’s game showed a team that overcame both mental and physical hurdles.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Johncock, who started 11th, overcame the chaos and was one of just two cars on the lead lap when more rain forced the race to be stopped.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yann LeCun won the 2018 Turing Award—computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize—along with fellow AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio for their work on deep learning, the neural network technology that underpins today’s AI boom.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Under Kreiz, Mattel also has won new or renewed entertainment licenses, including Disney Princess and Frozen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters and DC.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Conquered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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