ganged

verb

past tense of gang
as in grouped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ganged
  1. grouped
  2. coupled
  3. connected
  4. teamed
  5. banded
  6. mixed
  7. bonded
  8. clubbed
Verb
  • Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Peters grouped India, Indonesia and Colombia among markets where Netflix still has considerable room to add subscribers and plans to maintain accessible entry-level prices.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of coupled
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  • The dish machine was not running properly and the chemical sanitizer/soap dispensers have not been connected yet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In August, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Police recovered 123 boxes of McLaren F1 Lego sets valued at about $230 each connected to a boxcar burglary, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of connected
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  • Showcasing how creatively chefs paired their dishes with the wineries with which they were teamed is the secondary intent of the Appellation team.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The chipmunks teamed with an Australian mouse named Monterey Jack, his dragonfly pal Zipper, and the team’s mechanic, Gadget Hackwrench, to battle such villainous characters as Fat Cat and Professor Norton Nimnul.
    — Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of teamed
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  • These libraries are much wider than the book versions, their contents taped together or rubber-banded so the pieces don’t get lost.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • People are also poking fun at the fact that Kaydee is banded, which looks like the eagle version of an ankle monitor.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of banded
Verb
  • Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • According to López-Alt, Shimbo, and Sakai, the best substitute for mirin is sake mixed with a sweetener.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mixed
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  • The bodies start to stack up, and the duo is bonded by trauma in some weird ways.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than being stitched together, costumes are often heat bonded, with the plastic melted at the edges to join pieces.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonded
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  • The Art Basel fairs are clubbed under the MCH Group’s Community Platforms division, which was almost solely responsible for the jump in revenue according to Artnet News.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The North Siders clubbed an all-time team record of nine home runs in a single game, routing their rival Milwaukee Brewers 17-3 at Wrigley Field − and ending August with 62 round-trippers for the month, another team record.
    — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of clubbed
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