entered

past tense of enter
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as in joined
to become a member of patriotic young men and women entering the armed services debutantes entering society

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as in recorded
to put (someone or something) on a list new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database

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Recent Examples of entered The two entered a room full of mathematicians who were well supplied with lunch, snacks, and coffee and got to work. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Eric Evans, a six-year employee of the police department, entered a guilty plea Wednesday for five misdemeanor charges of misconduct. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 The deputy reviewed surveillance video from the store and determined no one entered his vehicle, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Flydubai Flight 1073 began a sharp descent from 34,000 feet roughly two hours and 20 minutes after takeoff, and briefly entered a nosedive over the desert near the Saudi Arabia-Jordan border. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026 Revealed last spring, Kering’s educational project now has entered its operational phase, welcoming more than 1,500 students enrolled in 40 programs promoted by its brands as well as seven partner schools scattered across six Italian regions. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 Early in his career, Fernando Mastrangelo entered a design scene reeling from the 2008 recession. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 The New York Mets, who entered the season with the sport's highest payroll, had the biggest decline, a 472,450 drop to 2,712,120. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 The web and mobile versions sync in real time, so information entered in one automatically appears in the other. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • The Madlanga Commission, a judicial inquiry set up after a senior police commander alleged last year that criminality and political interference had penetrated the justice system, has now sat for more than 180 days.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There were three bullet impacts against the windshield and side of the Airstream, but none of the rounds penetrated the vehicle, the report said.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • With the property's May 2019 opening, Boston joined New York City, San Francisco, Miami, and Beverly Hills as the fifth city with two Four Seasons (the older Boston Four Seasons is located on Boston's Boylston Street).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Garfield was joined at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall by Guadagnino, writer Simon Rich and actors Yura Borisov (as OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever), Ike Barinholtz (as Elon Musk) and Cooper Hoffman (as OpenAI president Greg Brockman).
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • The goal was to recapture the way music was recorded decades ago, bringing musicians together to play live, with large instrumental ensembles that, in some tracks, involved more than 90 musicians.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The figures exclude any outing that was not recorded and uploaded to the app, and neither the Strava data nor the Virginia Tech estimates capture the full range of people who use Ohio Drive.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • The Marine Corps’ 12th Marine Littoral Regiment formally received both systems in June.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Every dollar received should represent a dollar’s worth of service rendered—not gambling in stocks but service rendered.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
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  • The evidence does not establish that the agents accessed sensitive data or deliberately tried to conceal their behavior.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That’s according to China Customs data accessed through Wind Information.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • The guitarist ultimately rejoined the band, with Alex Feder stepping in to play in his stead at concerts.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The veteran tight end rejoined the Eagles when he was signed to the team's practice squad last week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Their marketing falsely listed SpaceX and xAI as holdings, the SEC claims, when the funds never held investments in those companies.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Tyriq Green, Marcus Harrison and Amaris Williams are all listed as out for Saturday’s game.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • Pour the bean mixture into airtight freezer bags pierced the tip of a knife to create air holes.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • One item that wasn’t returned was his 3-year-old daughter’s car seat, which had been pierced by a bullet.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Entered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entered. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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