Thesaurus results for CONTACTED

contacted

verb

past tense of contact

as in reached

to transmit information or requests to you can contact me at this number

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Recent Examples of contacted The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came outside the house to remove Gonzalez. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Garner, who was aware of the online harassment, contacted Jane Doe and offered his legal help. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Tom Hastings, the founding director of PeaceVoice, said the organization beefed up its existing no-AI policy after OpenAI contacted him. — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Several victims did not know they had been watched until police contacted them. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 During the execution of the search warrant, detectives contacted Shoes n Shoes owner Waseem Saman. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Don't use a phone number or link supplied by the person who contacted you. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Van Houten also said neither the woman nor her attorney contacted him about reconsidering the decision not to prosecute. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The Star contacted Golden Corral’s corporate office for comment, but did not hear back. — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,467 Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached with Hamas nearly a year ago, according to the territory's Health Ministry, which doesn't give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Recently, 10 year and 30 year US Treasury yields reached their highest levels since 2007 and 2002, respectively.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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Others have been buried by the migrants themselves, but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the Associated Press via the phone.

— JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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The Chargers addressed their need for depth by signing eighth-year offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill to the practice squad before elevating him to the active roster Saturday.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Coordination addressed the limited space available at the range and the need to protect surrounding operations during the event.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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