DEALT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

dealt

verb

past tense of deal

as in traded

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property that store deals in used furniture

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as in negotiated

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price

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Recent Examples of dealt Taylor Swift has been dealt a devastating blow just weeks after exchanging vows with Travis Kelce. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026 The war has dealt another major blow to Iran’s economy, deepening the state of economic crisis the country was already in. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 As the cards are dealt, playful banter turns to honest conversation about love, friendship, and the blurred lines between the two. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 The trade deadline has passed, but minor leaguers that are not on 40-man rosters can still be dealt. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 But in truth, these events together have dealt a death blow to the American Middle East. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Shortly after the Boston Celtics surprisingly dealt Brown to the Sixers for Paul George and draft picks, James signed with the Sixers on a two-year, $8 million deal. — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Thieves have dealt a Sicilian museum a harrowing loss, stealing three of the five surviving devotional panels painted by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Hathaway was dealt the unenviable task of embodying director James Gray’s mother in Armageddon Time, an autobiographical drama based on his childhood. — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

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Forecasting tournaments and election markets have beaten their baselines, but no study has shown a crowd signal can be traded profitably at scale.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The 23-year-old jumped off the tape during his limited touches after getting traded to Philadelphia last season, and few , if any, offer Bigsby’s upside at his ADP.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Merck last year sold nearly $32 billion worth of pembrolizumab, a drug that’s FDA-approved for more than 40 cancer conditions.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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Like other major sports leagues, the WNBA’s eligibility rule is collectively bargained and thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bargained

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Corben has previously clashed with Gabela and Gabela’s wife, Mariela, who have accused Corben of provoking them to get views for his content.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
The candidates also clashed over a state law encouraging greater housing density around transit corridors.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026