COPED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

coped

verb

past tense of cope

as in did

to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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Recent Examples of coped Hamilton coped best with adapting his driving style around Formula 1's new reliance on battery power to take pole position in qualifying for Saturday's sprint race. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Despite the overwhelming demand for medical services and the shortage of supplies in Venezuela’s public health system, Domingo Luciani Hospital in the capital of Caracas coped with an influx of patients thanks to a flood of donations. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 Only conceded once at Arsenal last week and coped well, before making some fine saves on the final day against Wolves. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Lennie asked about how the audience coped with that. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026 Sam coped with pain by avoiding movement and activity, swapping soccer for videogames. — Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 In recent years, Bareilles has also coped publicly with the death of close friend and Broadway colleague Gavin Creel, the Tony Award–winning actor and singer who died in September 2024 from a rare and aggressive form of sarcoma. — Abigail Park, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2026 Each generation showed small variations, and just like in nature, those that coped the best passed on their characteristics. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 Here's a look at how the South coped with winter weather. — James Powel, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026

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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.

— Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

Definition of did

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That is 22 more than teams managed in Qatar in 2022 and nine more than in the 2018 tournament in Russia — with the caveat that 36 more games have already been played in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Rushdie lost an eye and suffered other life-threatening injuries but managed to survive.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of managed

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Crocker, who survived the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, said that at this point an unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic should be the objective.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
What survived is a tax that raises little, exempts anyone with a bank account, and concentrates its burden on the sliver of senders least able to route around it.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of survived

Verb

Of course, there’s the concern of how previous overseas talent has fared at UCLA as a roster with five European players in their first year of college basketball sputtered to a 16-17 season in 2023-24.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 9 July 2026
Small caps have also fared well this year despite rising Treasury yields, often considered one of the group's Achilles' heels.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 9 July 2026

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