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 Combined with recent updates across several companies in the AI industry, the AI competition appears to have entered a new phase centered on cost-efficiency. CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Last year, Tatcha entered Europe in partnership with Sephora, adding to existing footprints in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia and Japan. Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 The trial-scheduling order entered by Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama marked the latest milestone in a military prosecution beset by two decades of legal deadlock surrounding the four detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Steve Gorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Court documents do not say whether those charged have entered pleas. Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 Iran entered the war with its foreign commerce concentrated among a relatively small group of countries, leaving it with fewer places to turn now. Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Vanessa graduated from Florida International University, completed medical school, and entered a three-year emergency-medicine residency program at a South Florida hospital. Tania Francois, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Prior to Ratcliffe’s trip, additional Russian drones entered NATO airspace, this time over Romania and Poland, and were shot down. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026 Nick, who has entered a not-guilty plea, will appear next in court on September 15 for a pretrial hearing. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
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Verb
  • On August 7, the Oregon governor’s office confirmed hackers had penetrated the core control systems of an Oregon water district.
    John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Mughals were heavily outnumbered by the Afghans but had penetrated the opposing army from the side and rear, causing great losses in Hemu’s army.
    Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Filipino-American star Liza Soberano has joined the jury for the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary, which will be presented by Artemis Rising Foundation during the upcoming Venice Film Festival.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The College-in-3 Exchange was born, and dozens of higher education institutions joined the network to look for ways to help students get degrees faster.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Analysts note that driven by the heatwave, PJM's recent grid load has been visibly higher than the levels recorded during the same period over the past two summers.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Another Politico report confirmed that the European Data Protection Board will release a report later this summer to decide what actions should be taken to ensure no one in the EU is recorded without their consent.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • The project received a major contribution in 2026 when Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce made a $2 million gift as one of several donations made ahead of their wedding.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The company has also received an Approval In Principle (AIP) with a maritime classification society.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • According to OpenAI, its models escaped a sandboxed testing environment, accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability to gain access to Hugging Face’s systems while trying to find information to cheat on an evaluation.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Anthropic disclosed three incidents during third-party evaluations in which its models accessed the internet and gained unauthorized access to external organizations.
    Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Morgan Rogers has signed for Chelsea, Lucas Digne rejoined Paris Saint-Germain, Youri Tielemans left for Manchester United, while Ezri Konsa is on the verge of joining Arsenal.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His father, former Benet coach Sean Wesley, has rejoined the program as an assistant.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While the entire country is listed under Level 2, the department classified the Chapare Province under the highest Level 4 - Do Not Travel classification.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Prospective applicants for the program must submit industrial sites with a minimum of 30 acres of contiguous land, and the sites must be listed on the Arkansas Site Selection Database.
    Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Her brown leather jacket was pierced with 60 stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed nearly ear to ear.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators believe the bullet that pierced the restaurant window was fired from inside a passing vehicle on Vista Village Drive.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Entered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entered. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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