cued

verb

past tense of cue
as in aligned

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  1. aligned
  2. lined
  3. placed
  4. emplaced
  5. filed
  6. sequenced
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  • During my stay, high tide aligned with early morning and sunset, allowing for serene quiet moments out on the cove with nobody else around.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Mortars were selected for the initial demonstration because the ammunition was relatively mature and aligned with the requirements of larger unmanned aerial systems.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of aligned
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  • Multiple copies of Howl, Kaddish, and assembled collections of complete verse lined (and still line) my bookshelves.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • And in the bottom of the seventh, Yoshida led off with a single, Trevor Story walked, Ceddanne Rafaela, pinch-hitting for Marcelo Mayer, lined a ball past the outstretched glove arm of first baseman Keith, but far inside the right-field line for a two-run single.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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  • Event staff subsequently placed the humanoid on a stretcher and carried it down the mountain.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In Liu’s view, the pirate leader defies nearly every stereotype historically placed on Asian women in storytelling.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of placed
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  • Once emplaced, a ground sensor is also fixed to the set location.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Definition of emplaced
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  • La La filed for divorce from the NBA star back in 2021, citing irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ, which first reported on the settlement Wednesday.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to federal court documents in Dallas.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of filed
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  • About 1 million people globally have sequenced their genomes, and realistically about 1 billion people need to sequence their genomes for models to function more meaningfully.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
Definition of sequenced
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