contacted

past tense of contact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of contacted The Post-Tribune contacted the Army Corps’ Chicago District for this report, whose team forwarded the request to the Louisville District. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Motorists can also register their vehicles with NHTSA and be contacted automatically if a safety issue is discovered via the downloadable SaferCar app for Apple and Android smartphones. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Prosecutors said during the court hearing that McKinney contacted the woman by phone on July 22 despite the injunction. Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 31 July 2026 In the days before Matt’s death, Mark says, one newspaper repeatedly contacted the hospital for details. Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Anthropic says the three affected organizations have been contacted, but only two have responded. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026 Galanz Americas should be contacted to schedule a free in-home repair by a qualified technician. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 July 2026 Fox News Digital contacted the Passaic Police Department, the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and the New Jersey State Police for further information. Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 The investigation began in March after Nordstrom contacted the Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit about luxury fragrances that had been returned through the mail. Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contacted
Verb
  • Jorge Polanco reached on a two-out error at first base by Stowers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Crime reached a breaking point that summer after a drive-by shooting killed a man at Progress Park, topping off a string of violent incidents in the neighborhood just northeast of uptown Charlotte.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The best conversations are those where clients feel heard, not just informed.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Her pitch, deeply informed by Billy’s sensibility and ideas and by the course of their encounter, is a brilliantly strange narrative that puts the character and vantage point of Little Death at the center of a film-within-a-film origin story.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Yet several scientists told KFF Health News that the specimens most likely were indeed for use in developing mpox diagnostic tests.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • So good, Mancilla told The Star during a recent interview, that customers aren’t always able to find parking — granted, the lot is relatively small.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, reaffirmed the country’s support for Hezbollah in a letter addressed to its leader Naim Qassem.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats were right to insist that those concerns be addressed, and over the course of these negotiations, Republicans and the White House acepted ethics provisions that would have been unthinkable only months ago.
    Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Something as rudimentary as remembering the play calls as training camp got underway, was also top of mind.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026

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“Contacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contacted. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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