Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothecate
Verb
  • Ogwumike said during Thursday’s CBA media availability that the league did pose ideas regarding extending the season.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 20 July 2025
  • The consistency of officiating has been a topic players and coaches have been discussing a lot this season, and Engelbert said the league is aware and will evaluate it.
    Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • Experts have long assumed that the instrument had been destroyed or lost to history.
    Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • Complex Interagency Incident Management Team 9 (Gould) assumed command of the Marble Complex at 6:00 p.m. on July 5, 2025.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • When four top film studio musicians formed the Hollywood String Quartet in the late 1930s, its name was presumed an oxymoron.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • The Iguana is presumed retired, having not made a peep in over a year.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • An object believed to be both from another star system and the oldest comet ever observed has been imaged by a massive telescope on a volcano in Hawaii.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Police do not believe the victims were targeted, but that the home was randomly burglarized, sources said.
    Julie Sone, ABC News, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • On her perfect day, in the arms of her youngest daughter, after being shot by a man who wasn't supposed to be in possession of a gun, Beverly Gumm chose her last breath.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2025
  • You're not really supposed to do that as the Attorney General.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2025
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“Hypothecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothecate. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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