glanced (upon)

verb

past tense of glance (upon)
as in touched (upon)

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  1. specified
  2. mentioned
  3. noticed
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  • According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the Buss family trust specified that whenever any of the siblings died, their shares would be equally disbursed among the remaining siblings.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Union keeps track of zombie programs In January, Congress passed an appropriations bill, which became law, that specified funding for more than 200 projects and activities.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of specified
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  • Webb mentioned his poor performance in Boston in 2024, allowing four runs on nine hits over 3 2/3 innings.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The agency responded by sending CNN an op-ed by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that mentioned neither the elections nor beef prices.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of mentioned
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  • Earlier this summer, staff at the Royal Oak Public Library in Oakland County noticed bedbugs on some furniture during a building inspection.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of noticed
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“Glanced (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glanced%20%28upon%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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