evened

past tense of even
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as in equated
to make equal in amount, degree, or status the contention that producing more arms will even us with the enemy and therefore make us more secure

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Recent Examples of evened The Tigers evened the game by halftime and finished on a two-touchdown sprint after the Jayhawks had taken a 31-28 lead. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025 After Jordan Beck led off the frame with a bunt single, Warming Bernabel’s RBI groundout evened the game. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025 Atlanta ended a three-game losing streak and evened the season series against the Marlins at 3-3. Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evened
Verb
  • Doctors sawed off part of the bone, smoothed and flattened the rest and closed the wound with skin and soft tissue.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Card networks and domestic wallet apps have smoothed many edges, yet many of those wallets still use the same traditional systems.
    Alvin Kan, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a terse statement confirming only the broad outlines of the incident, the Pentagon equated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government to a narco-trafficking cartel, allegations Caracas denies.
    Phil Stewart, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Like President Reagan, those pushing for democracy promotion equated political freedom with strengthening free markets and thereby lessening the attraction abroad to movements—including but not limited to communism—that aimed to redistribute resources to reduce economic inequality.
    Time, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Italy led 1-0 deep into second half stoppage time before England equalized and then clinched the victory with a 119th-minute goal.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That new equalized funding formula went into effect after a three-year transition period in 2024, when 44 groups each got $9,269, according to the three-year awards report.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At first, the poster was happy to meet someone new and even adjusted the reservation to make space.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The two-year Treasury yield tracks expectations for the Fed’s rate policy, and has swiftly dropped as markets have adjusted to the prospect of rate cuts.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Supporting characters also left their mark, most notably Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear, the streetwise informant who balanced comic relief with genuine charm.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Pureval, when asked in May about the city's efforts to increase parking enforcement, bristled at the question about whether the city balanced its budget on parking tickets.
    Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Evened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evened. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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