graphed

verb

past tense of graph
as in computed
to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years.

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Recent Examples of graphed The gold annual cycle is graphed below. — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphed
  1. computed
  2. plotted
  3. estimated
  4. calculated
  5. charted
  6. tabulated
  7. traced
  8. sketched
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  • The researchers computed the optimal launch angles and wing size.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • The approach uses the aspherical electron densities computed using quantum mechanics to arrive at accurate determinations of atomic positions.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
Definition of computed
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  • Not a particularly easy watch, to say the least, the complexly plotted film leans into the madness, and intense brutality experienced by the characters.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • So Japanese engineers and scientists plotted out an operations plan that would extend over the next decade and visit two more asteroids.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of plotted
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  • This growing trend, influenced by the widespread adoption of GLP-1s and a black market estimated at $1-3 billion, reflects leaders' dual pursuit of agency and leverage.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The report then stripped out liabilities, which includes mortgage debt, of $5 trillion and subtracted the wealth of the top 1%, estimated at $28 trillion.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of estimated
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  • In 2018, Picard and his colleagues released the mitochondrial health index — a molecular measure of mitochondria’s capacity to transform energy, calculated by extracting the organelles from a tissue sample and quantifying their contents.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • Then, building from this methodology, the top 30% (on average) of general acute care hospitals in each state were calculated.
    — Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of calculated
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  • Background After the Hawaiian Islands were charted in the late 18th century, American and European merchants, missionaries, and settlers began arriving there in earnest in the 1800s.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
  • Yellow evidence markers charted at least 28 shells from the exchange of gunfire, most of them clustered around the driver’s side door of Heflin’s cruiser.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of charted
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  • In 2024, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons tabulated almost fifty thousand Botox and filler procedures for patients under age nineteen.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • As part of the settlement, Lively received zero compensation, but a judge ordered Baldoni to pay the actress’ legal fees, which tabulated to $8 million.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
Definition of tabulated
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  • The researchers traced the apparent upper limit to where most solar wind measurements are collected.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • Investigators have traced the ongoing outbreak to a specific supply chain that reportedly involves Taylor Farms in Mexico.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of traced
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  • Designers have already sketched their answers for WWD, imagining everything from grand couture ballgowns to more unexpected takes on the singer’s bridal era.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
  • Answers will be revealed and futures will be sketched out during this weekend’s ceremony.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of sketched

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