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verb

past participle of go
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as in extended
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in become
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in belonged
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in ranged
to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in bet
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gone
Adjective
People have found out in the process — some who’ve gone virtual — their attendance has gone way up. Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020 Inspired by Eusope’s great-grandfather’s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon. Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
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Within hours, the photo had gone viral, sparking memes, wild theories, and thousands of comments trying to uncover the man’s true identity. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests. JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone
Adjective
  • Fossil remains have led to the identification of an extinct rhinoceros that lived about 23 million years ago.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This is the third such species that has earned this label since 2020, when scientists declared the pillar coral functionally extinct.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The researchers found the pathogens — Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, respectively — by analyzing teeth from the fallen soldiers who were found in a mass grave uncovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Carruth often begins with a small image, such as a fallen pearl or a misplaced wand, and lets the story unspool from emotion.
    William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • FarmVille wasn’t bad, but something was missing.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • She was hanged; her body thrown in the river and is often spotted wearing a green turban to hide her missing ear.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • In a statement, a spokeswoman for Kenvue reiterated that acetaminophen is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Paxton claimed Tylenol was deceptively marketed to pregnant women.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • This is where the Greenpoint comes from, an excellent neo-classic riff on a Manhattan that was invented at Milk & Honey in New York, and comprises the classic build of Manhattan—rye, sweet vermouth, and bitters—into which has been spliced the inimitable French herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Jayhawks did an excellent job of getting back in transition, limiting Louisville’s fast-break opportunities.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Trump then proceeded to bully both Hamas and Netanyahu into accepting this agreement.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Soon, though, Shahn began to doubt whether such pleasant, inoffensive paintings sufficed.
    Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.
    Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • In that world, the public interest seldom coincided with popular opinion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Its release coincided with the 350th anniversary of Christiaan Huygens’ invention of the spiral spring, a watershed moment for watchmaking.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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