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

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Recent Examples of given away She’s named the third most generous philanthropist in the world, having given away 46% of her net worth, according to an 2026 analysis from Forbes. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 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 Critics maintained the city has given away too many tax dollars to private developers. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 June 2026 The former Chicago mayor told WBZ that $22,000 was raised, and 120 bikes would be given away. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 June 2026

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Patriots also sawed off the decorative Royal Crowns displayed at the top of the fence around Bowling Green.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
During the third act, in a cunning effect, when anyone picks up a phone, the screen’s contents are displayed on a wall as the lights fade, muting the friends onstage.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

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Media mogul and late night host Byron Allen has donated $100,000 to the GoFundMe set up by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells, the 18-year-old who was found dead following his disappearance over the July 4 holiday.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 July 2026
That included the lack of antimissile capabilities in the new aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 that was donated by the government of Qatar.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 July 2026

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The experiments revealed signatures of the non-Hermitian skin effect, where quantum states concentrate near one end of the system instead of remaining evenly distributed.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Ignoring the counsel of family, friends and political advisors who, to a person, warned against it, Huffman revealed his religious disbelief in a series of statements and interviews in November 2017.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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Her older sister had also volunteered with YWCA and recommended the organization.

— Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Despite their clerical nature, an initial hearing is critical to a person’s immigration case, said Erin Moncure, who has volunteered as a court observer with the nonprofit CLUE since September.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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Video showed Quansah’s studs colliding with Gallardo’s calf and the referee issued Quansah a red card that delighted the crowd as England’s lineup was reduced to 10 men.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Proving himself capable Meanwhile, Rodríguez Castro has shown himself a negotiator.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Also requested were documents related to a lawsuit, recently settled for $135,000, claiming Kramer had given an improper assessment of a property and retaliated against an employee who complained.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
The analysts were given a deadline of July 17 to each check more than 700 records that were obtained during the January raid.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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More recently, American diplomacy demonstrated that even long-standing disputes between Israel and Lebanon are not beyond negotiation.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Computer simulations further demonstrated that the decentralized coordination framework can scale to swarms of at least 64 robots.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026