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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 Bass campaign declined to share its internal polling when contacted by The Times. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Authorities began investigating him in October 2024 after being contacted by an employee with a company that works with agencies like the state Department of Social Service and the Department of Developmental Services. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 The motive was not clear, police said, and the suspects had not contacted Osman’s family or authorities. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 The complaint states that an employee contacted police after spotting Quast inside the store and recognizing her as someone who had allegedly committed a similar theft days earlier, the outlet reported. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 The Star also contacted Steve Bellis, Pembroke’s former head of school, who oversaw both the Lower School and Upper School at the time of Jones’ hiring. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 The veteran rep himself declined to comment when contacted by Deadline. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026 The Miami Herald contacted Valdes by phone and email with no response. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contacted
  1. reached
  2. informed
  3. told
  4. addressed
  5. got
Verb
  • The number of Americans unemployed for more than 26 weeks hovered last month slightly below a five-year high last reached in May.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • They’re beloved, beloved characters [whose] stories reached the end of the line.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • Customers in Europe normally receive Aramco crude on what are known as contracts, but were informed there would be no supply coming in October after a key Saudi pipeline to the Red Sea was attacked last week.
    — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Dispatchers informed the officers that a man at the house was having a mental health crisis and had tried to harm himself.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Even if Paramount is able to reach a settlement with the state AGs, the Paramount-WB merger will not close immediately, a knowledgeable source told Variety.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Descano’s team relies too heavily on doctors to answer those questions at the pretrial stage, Stimson told the Washington Examiner.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of told
Verb
  • Aging pipes must be replaced, leaks prevented, emergencies addressed and critical systems kept operating for homes, schools, hospitals and businesses.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from his Loop Tour on Saturday night, speaking from the stage at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field during his first concert since the rapper was dropped from the trek.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of addressed
Verb
  • One thing that has changed since the beginning of the charter is the relationship between cabinmates Kat and Gen, who used to be close until Gen got a little too comfortable.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In 2016 Erickson’s Severance pilot made an annual list of best unproduced genre screenplays by BloodList—where other successes such as Bird Box (2018) and Don’t Worry Darling (2022) got their start.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of got

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

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