gravitated

verb

past tense of gravitate
as in preferred
to be drawn or attracted He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore. She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music.

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Recent Examples of gravitated Best known for playing the flawed but fiercely loyal Fiona Gallagher on the Showtime dramedy Shameless, Rossum has always gravitated towards imperfect heroines. — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 But independent researchers immediately gravitated toward the potential for misuse. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 Families gravitated to Splash Harbor and Great Life Lagoon, while Great Tides—the Caribbean’s largest waterpark—is set to open on September 4. — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 31 July 2026 People just gravitated to the story and Simon Farnaby’s writing. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 While his brothers showed little interest, Dimon gravitated toward big business bets and used the simulation games to learn the fundamentals of stock picking and decision making. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Automakers, under pressure from shareholders and rising development costs, have naturally gravitated toward vehicles with higher profit margins. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 As a boy raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Fox gravitated toward anything athletic, with sports that required some type of ball being the preference. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026 This year’s color predications gravitated toward soft, neutral hues that added a sense of simplicity and calm in the midst of a chaotic world. — The Spruce, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravitated
  1. preferred
  2. pointed
  3. tended
  4. took
  5. liked
  6. favored
  7. went
  8. enjoyed
Verb
  • One group wanted to sell it, while the other preferred to keep it.
    — Alejandro Cárdenas Villa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • This is a slightly closer margin than when the same poll was conducted in April, when 49% of voters preferred Democrats and 44% selected Republicans.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of preferred
Verb
  • According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It feels pointed at this point.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of pointed
Verb
  • The search for alien life has tended to focus on looking for either signs of extraterrestrial technology or evidence of biological processes on other worlds.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 July 2026
  • When businesses produced more value per worker, workers themselves tended to share in those gains.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of tended
Verb
  • According to historians, people in the ancient world argued over where Odysseus’ journeys took him and whether his wife, Penelope, was faithful.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Gunther took the decision in a match built to protect both men, which is the outcome WWE needed if Aldis is going back behind the desk with his in-ring credibility intact.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of took
Verb
  • Not only did it, but liked it… as Jeffrey Dean Morgan tells Entertainment Weekly.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Through recalls, improvements, changes in battery design, and more, Chevrolet managed to make the Bolt into something that people actually liked and wanted to buy.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of liked
Verb
  • The leader is Kimi Antonelli, who’s favored to become the youngest world champion ever, by a margin of three years.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In a Hell in a Cell match, Oba Femi is favored to defeat Brock Lesnar, potentially leading to Lesnar's retirement.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of favored
Verb
  • The interesting question is where the departing dollars went, and the answer is visible in an adjacent market.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The district went from one where Republicans have a 30-point advantage to about ten points.
    — Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • The extraordinary allegation offers a window into the waning days of an increasingly hostile primary race to replace Kelly, who has enjoyed broad popularity throughout her eight years in office.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The polar bears, who were born in Nuremberg, Germany, 16 years ago and have adapted to the European climate, were the ones who enjoyed it the most.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of enjoyed

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