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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
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 Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news. Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
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Klarna and Chime have each gone public in the last three months. Leslie Picker, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025 With Micah Parsons now gone, big shoes are available for any defender willing to bring a big game-wrecking attitude every time Matt Eberflus’ group steps between the lines. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone
Adjective
  • Rochín-Bañaga, who was not involved in the new research, has used the method to analyze ancient corals and belemnites, an extinct order of squidlike cephalopods.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • That’s what the lesson here is for me, to treat others with respect and kindness, to honor the wishes of the fallen, and to have this dream of a better future.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Members of the New York Yankees were given permission by MLB to wear FDNY and NYPD hats tonight, honoring the fallen first responders of 9/11.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • He was initially described as being cooperative with police when Ana Walshe went missing but was soon arrested and charged with her murder.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An unknown amount of people remain missing.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • The expedition suffered one fatality as one of eight pregnant women on the journey died during childbirth.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Skip to content At 38 weeks pregnant with her second child, Hannah Robb has no time to waste on red tape.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Harry Dean Stanton is excellent.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Moisture recovery ranged from good to excellent, with morning relative humidity levels between 55% and 88%.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • In earlier phases of the litigation, the district court issued provisional reinstatement orders at several agencies, but those orders were stayed by the Supreme Court while the case proceeded.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Arias-Galva said that she had been cut off by Heinz, who proceeded to threaten her with death and then allegedly shot her.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.
    Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • An Alien television show featuring nothing more than the Coca Cola classic Alien could have sufficed us, so why all the extra bells and whistles?
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • That sentiment has coincided with plummeting sales of Teslas, particularly in Europe.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Williams, 92, is a Jamaican immigrant with end-stage kidney disease whose roof, parts of which are nine and 19 years old, began to leak after a period of heavy weather in late September that coincided with the passage of Hurricane Helene.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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