GIVEN AWAY Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

given away

verb

past participle of give away

as in displayed

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face

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as in donated

to make a present of gave away all her potted plants when she moved

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Recent Examples of given away And because the shares are given away rather than sold, the donor never triggers the capital gains tax a sale would incur. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026 Trailers have already given away the presence of Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, now teaching college physics to students who mostly just want to hear about the not-so-jolly green giant. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 By July 27, a Chinese AI program built to work without supervision for two days at a stretch will be given away forever; anyone will be free to copy it and run it on their own computers. — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 By Friday afternoon, Mora had given away 182,000 pounds of the nectarines. — Gary Kazanjian, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 These seven categories are almost always better given away. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 Ted Lasso rookie cards in existence; an astoundingly small number considering the hundreds that were originally given away. — Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026 The New York Times was first to report that most of the warehouses purchased by DHS for conversion will be sold or given away. — Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 18 June 2026 The necklaces are being given away in one of the chain's Tuesday Drops, available to Rewards members in the Taco Bell app. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

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Police say two men in a four-door black Cadillac displayed a handgun and demanded an arrow key, which opens collection boxes.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 31 July 2026
The 2024 second-round pick cut well through defenders and displayed worthwhile receiving ability in spurts during padded practices.

— Mike Kaye July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

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Recent reports revealed that Collins’ son-in-law’s social media accounts contained white nationalist content, Nazi imagery and conspiracy theories.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
The announcement comes just days after rival OpenAI first revealed that its models improperly accessed the internet and went rogue during security testing.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of revealed

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She’s also worked as a teacher’s aide and substitute in Bonner Springs/Edwardsville Schools and volunteered teaching Junior Achievement at Junction Primary School.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Ugboaja is part of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy and volunteered as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Brownsville has said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of volunteered

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Amazon declined to comment, but its Amazon Web Services dashboard has shown a disruption in the region since an initial April 30 attack on the data center, and satellite imagery showed extensive damage to the AWS facility.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The intelligence findings were shown to the AP on condition that the services involved were not identified, and the news organization was not able to independently verify the findings’ conclusions.

— Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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Last week a pair of OpenAI models broke out of a test environment and hacked their way into Hugging Face to grab the answer key for the exam they were being given.

— Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The game itself was slower, with fewer 3-pointers shot and less scrutiny given the absence of social media.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of given

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The Garmin device demonstrated the best stability, and Whoop also performed per standard.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Lean into crisp poplin, like Vittoria Ceretti, who demonstrated how versatile striped boxer shorts can be—especially layered with a button-down shirt and crewneck T-shirt.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 July 2026