expectorated

verb

past tense of expectorate
1
as in spit

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2
as in expelled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorated
  1. spit
  2. expelled
  3. watered
  4. exhaled
  5. expired
Verb
  • That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.
    — WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
  • The final game of their series win against the Colorado Rockies coincided with the second day of the 2026 MLB Draft, when teams start drafting based on outlier tools, senior signability or the statistical analyses their internal models spit out.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of spit
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  • He was expelled from Framingham High School after assaulting a student.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 July 2026
  • In 2022, Albania expelled Iranian diplomats after concluding that Tehran was behind a wave of cyberattacks aimed at government institutions and critical infrastructure.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • According to plant expert Anton Ledin, most plants develop a healthier root system and perform their best when they’re watered deeply rather than with frequent, shallow watering.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
  • Congress either never voted on them at all or watered them down with so many legislative loopholes that they were rendered meaningless.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of watered
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  • Still, no one exhaled when production finally moved to a water tank at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Mosquitoes are drawn to backyards with standing water, dense greenery, and carbon dioxide exhaled by people and animals.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of exhaled
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  • Questions about his fate grew after his sentence expired earlier this month.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
  • That 2020 trade pact recently expired and triggered a new set of negotiations that could run until 2036.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2026
Definition of expired
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