contacted

past tense of contact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of contacted The lawsuit claims that one of the consumers received a refund only after Nessel's office contacted Klein. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 That person then contacted PETA, which sent two people to work undercover at Grand Barr and document conditions. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026 Sheriff’s detectives contacted ICE, which confirmed that its agents had conducted no enforcement activity at the home. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The establishment could not be contacted when The Star reached out. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 Registration does not guarantee a chance to buy tickets; those selected will be contacted with next steps. — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 The university said the woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and that university police immediately contacted the Chicago Police Department. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 Paporakis' mother was contacted by investigators but has declined to cooperate in the investigation, according to Nord. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came outside the house to remove Gonzalez. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contacted
Verb
  • Today, our constructor has reached into his evidently limitless bag of tricks to pull out a doozy of a Thursday grid.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Disenchantment with the current political and economic system has also reached a point where socialism has grown more popular among Americans.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mandel’s work also informed a 2012 New York Times Magazine column on how the art market thrives on inequality, which argued that fine art belongs less to the broader global economy than to the peculiar economy of the very rich.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Regular two-way communication, where staff are heard, not just informed, combined with genuine empathy for the disruption, gives people something to hold onto.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Estefanía Mondragón, executive director of PODER of Idaho told the crowd to expect at least 12 more immigration bills in next year’s legislative session.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Weeks before the shootdown, the spies allegedly reported on the naval airbase in Key West and were told to transmit Brothers to the Rescue flight data back to the Cuban authorities.
    — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Smith said Carney had substantially addressed seven of nine federal laws Alberta opposed.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Padilla said postal inspectors intercepted a suspicious parcel addressed to his office, according to reports.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After all, many a good cause got its start from a spirit of noblesse oblige.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As transistors got smaller, the channels between them became proportionally narrower, and aluminum’s performance hit a wall.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Contacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contacted. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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