crowned

past tense of crown
as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies

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Recent Examples of crowned On June 23, 1991, he was crowned at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 Just weeks after being crowned Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse was stripped of her title. Morgan Evans, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 On Thursday night, a new queen was crowned at the Ziff Opera House, part of the Arsht Center downtown. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, Miss USA crowned Justus Kelley, formerly Miss Virginia, as its winner. Grey Battle, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026 Robert is then crowned king, much to Thom and Bret’s surprise. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 Marsh was just 17 when she was crowned, but has years of pageant experience. Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 Jena Hanson was crowned the 73rd Princess Kay of the Milky Way on Wednesday. Wcco Staff, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 In 1954, DownBeat magazine’s annual DJ poll crowned her as the best new female singer of the year. Mark Kennedy, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Jurors finished yet another day of deliberations in the trial of Lindsay Clancy without reaching a verdict.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The interior, meanwhile, measures 35 sq m (376 sq ft) and is finished in wood, lending it a cozy cabin-like feel.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • DeLand bounces back with a drive culminated by a 5-yard TD run by Cameron Gensler.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That culminated in the launch of a multibillion-dollar, live-action film franchise in 2007 by Michael Bay.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Chaparral flies autonomously Elroy Air completed a new series of autonomous, uncrewed flight tests of its Chaparral cargo aircraft under the US Department of Transportation and FAA’s eIPP project.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Google said the model excels at coding and on some benchmarks, its performance equalled that of larger models from rival AI companies, but completed them at a much lower cost.
    Wen Shao, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The costars continued on Yellowstone Dutton Ranch until the fifth and final season concluded in December 2024.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Future Factor Judge Leon concluded that the government had just failed to show that the AT&T-Time Warner merger would substantially lessen competition.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Crowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowned. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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