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 crew immediately contacted authorities, and the city’s Medical Examiner moved swiftly to collect the remains ahead of heavy rains coming Thursday evening. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026 Paramount had no comment on the matter from the current Rentrak board member Friday when contacted by Deadline. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 The three friends later contacted Wells’ family and authorities and helped search for him, the attorneys say. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Cofnas wrote on his Substack page on July 21 that he had been contacted by a source at Cambridge University about accusations of plagiarism concerning Arday. — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026 The sister of a man who was homeless, disabled and chronically ill contacted Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s office seeking help. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Two Bear Air Rescue and Glacier National Park didn’t immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for comment. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 Investigators said a Nebraska man initially contacted them through Roblox before conversations moved to Snapchat. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Entertainment Weekly contacted the Miss USA Organization and did not receive an immediate response. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contacted
  1. reached
  2. informed
  3. told
  4. addressed
  5. got
Verb
  • The South Bay reached record employment in July, adding 3,300 jobs even as California shed 20,500 positions and the Bay Area’s technology sector continued to contract, new state figures show.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • While both sides have indicated that an interim agreement is forthcoming, with the president even Truthing Wednesday that a deal had been reached, it hasn’t been finalized.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • Executions are carried out in secrecy in Japan, where prisoners are not informed of their fate until the morning of their hanging.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That’s in addition to the earlier dismantling of USAID (which trained social mobilizers for surveillance and active case finding) and the withdrawal from the WHO (whose technical expertise informed laboratory strengthening and data systems).
    — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Dallas appellate attorney David Coale, who has handled appeals for decades, told CBS News Texas after the trial that Anthony's team could have several strong arguments over whether the trial was handled correctly.
    — CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of told
Verb
  • Authorities have not addressed whether Panettiere overdosed Sunday.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Coach Andy Reid and offensive line coach Andy Heck addressed the matter in practice this week, stressing improved technique.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of addressed
Verb
  • No inside linebacker got more work on Friday than Murdock, whose 47 snaps were 13 more than any other player who saw the field defensively for the Broncos.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wyatt Olds made his major league debut for Boston and got his first career strikeout.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of got

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