gone (by)

verb

Definition of gone (by)next
past participle of go (by)
as in consented (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone (by)
  1. acquiesced
  2. subscribed
  3. accepted
Verb
  • As the Tingleys alternately acquiesced to and resisted Vista Grande's insistence on medication, administrators started calling 911 after altercations, according to ambulance and police dispatch records.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For the past five years, Ella had only acquiesced to seeing them on Easter and Christmas Eve, which for an Italian-American family was equivalent to a declaration of war.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of acquiesced
Verb
  • Make sure you're subscribed on YouTube and following on Instagram and TikTok.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For those not yet subscribed, either DirecTV’s free trial or Fubo’s free trial will cover O’Donnell’s full week of hosting at no cost.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of subscribed
Verb
  • In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Walk-ups to the center will be accepted and the facility has storage available for personal belongings if needed.
    — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepted
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“Gone (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20%28by%29. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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