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verb

past tense of construe

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Recent Examples of construed
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Multigrain Bread Multigrain bread is also construed as healthy, but here, too, its nutritional composition depends on the ingredients in the dough. Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026 Meehan cautioned that the shorter-term deal shouldn’t be construed as Bedard being uneasy about where things are in Chicago, even after three straight bottom-three finishes. Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 19 July 2026 The information provided is for educational purposes and should not be construed as financial, investment or trading advice. Usa Today, USA Today, 14 July 2026 This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice. Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 July 2026 This article is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or psychological advice. Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 That could be construed as not wanting to finish second in the group. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 Making prosecution more efficient Case dismissals triggered by a lack of resources could be construed as the recalibration of a historically punitive legal system. Rebecca Dunlea, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 That order explicitly said that nothing in it should be construed as creating a mandatory licensing regime. Maggie Eastland, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for construed
Verb
  • So how much of the show’s multiverse can be explained by science?
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • They’re also equipped with solar arrays that generate twice as much power as prior generations, a SpaceX business analyst explained in a livestream.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The show’s first trailer, which debuted during DC Studios’ Hall H panel, illustrated its commitment to using traditional cop show tropes on a comic book property.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • This was starkly illustrated by Sunday’s final, which ended with Spain beating Argentina 1-0 courtesy of Ferran Torres’s extra-time goal.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Mason also clarified that submitting music to any genre category does not exclude an artist from submitting to general categories like Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 July 2026
  • The House’s post-#MeToo rule changes in 2018 clarified that members cannot pursue relationships with their own staff and created a new process for adjudicating harassment claims.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Ultra Maritime demonstrated a counter-unmanned underwater vehicle (C-UUV) capability during the US Navy’s Lanternfish 2026 exercise.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Since then, the administration has demonstrated its willingness to implement a variety of those laws to rebuild the president's tariff regime.
    Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • They have been interpreted and reimagined for centuries, always reflecting the fears and concerns of the societies that retell them.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • These announcements show interest from frontier model developers and hyperscale cloud providers, but they should not be interpreted as identical or as immediate purchase orders.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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“Construed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/construed. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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