did

past tense of do
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as in sufficed
to be fitting or proper that outfit just won't do for the opera

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as in served
to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do

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Recent Examples of did Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 One reason female founders lost control of their businesses more easily than men did is that their employees and customers both held them to higher standards. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025 First-time students enrolled by the dozens, as did some of the League’s best pupils. Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025 This person that did this horrible person. Alexandra Koch , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025 As malls began to contend with dropping traffic and mounting online competition, so did Claire's. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025 Petersik reportedly planned to write a book on Milwaukee street names himself but never did. Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 6 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for did
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  • Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.
    Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • An Alien television show featuring nothing more than the Coca Cola classic Alien could have sufficed us, so why all the extra bells and whistles?
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • The veteran has at times performed for the Padres, but his latest clunker — Cortes yielded six runs over 2 1/3 innings — continued an alarming trend for a rotation that has gone nine consecutive games without an outing of more than five innings.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the boy, but couldn't save him; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • In another photo, Jenner blows out the candles on her birthday cake, which is covered in raspberries and decorated with daisies.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The homes are fully furnished, decorated, and landscaped, and feature the latest in building trends, technology, and interior design.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • As a teen growing up in an abusive household, Morgan coped daily with physical and emotional harm from her mother.
    Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
  • More than a year after the strike, commuters have been subject to daily traffic delays along east-west interstates while businesses have coped with a sustained decline in revenue.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • Although the wildfire is believed to be caused by human activity, the precise action that set it off remains unknown.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • It's taken some time for scientists to learn how to interpret the data by separating out natural sources of natural carbon dioxide emissions from those caused by human activity.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • ChatGPT is also parodied for offering empty praise and generic advice.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The original Scary Movie franchise parodied the teen-slasher flicks that were so abundant in the late ’90s and aughts.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • That driver proceeded through anyway, striking Carlson, according to the Eagle Police Department.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has since proceeded to host Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on August 15.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • The Falcons played their opener two weeks ago and then had a bye.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

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