FANNED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

fanned

verb

past tense of fan

as in ignited

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Goodwin, its president, credits a pandemic-era mistrust of public education, when debates ignited over school closures, books, race, sexuality and gender identity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
In June 2024, two major fires ignited, and monsoon rains soon followed.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignited

Verb

Shoppers are now as likely to be swayed by an agent’s recommendation as by an influencer, Morning Consult finds, but few are comfortable letting AI make purchases on their behalf.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Yet residents of Hazle Township aren’t swayed by the prospect of fast cash, viewing it as a payoff, and a weak one at that.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of swayed

Verb

Now that fall is on the horizon, hope has been kindled for abundant rainfall.

— Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
As the current Cartoonist Laureate of the state, she has been highly engaged in Vermont culture and history, and says her interest in this couple was kindled by Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, director of Vermont Humanities, who encouraged her to tell their story.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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Fans at Capital One Arena swung white towels ecstatically after Justin Champagnie converted a shot — also drawing a foul — to give the Wizards a seven-point lead with just over eight minutes left.

— Jake Kauderer, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
The Chevrolet then swung into the southbound lanes of Columbia Avenue, where a gray 2010 Ford SUV hit it, Fifield said.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of swung

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This action would have triggered a kilonova while also liberating a lot of material, stuff that would take its time falling onto the black hole and fueling longer jets.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Goldman estimated that active funds benchmarked to MSCI and FTSE indexes hold more than $8 billion in Indonesian equities, although any selling by these investors would be discretionary rather than automatically triggered by a downgrade.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of triggered

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Suarez fought off an Atlanta defender to reach the ball in the box and flicked a lofted cross toward Berterame.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Ojeda flicked a back-heel volley, off a feed from Griezmann, past goalkeeper Sean Johnson and inside the left post to give Orlando a two-goal lead in the 22nd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of flicked

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The DeepSeek shock in early 2025 triggered another freakout as the Chinese AI model stirred doubts about the necessity of all that capex.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, Yu Hao, the founder and CEO of leading robot-vacuum-maker Dreame, made headlines and stirred controversy with his goal of building it into the world’s first $100 trillion company.

— Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stirred

Verb

In the honeycomb structure, individual units initially oscillated at approximately 30 hertz, or 30 times per second.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
But the Sunflower state has regularly oscillated between electing Democrats and Republicans in gubernatorial races in recent decades, and currently has a Democrat in the governor's mansion.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of oscillated

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