hypothecated

past tense of hypothecate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothecated
Verb
  • Khaled assumed he was being moved to yet another prison, until he was taken to a place called Ward A.
    Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.
    Big Think, Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the Juventus coach clearly does pay attention to what is said about him and his team.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Pima Critical Incident Team was activated after the incident with the Oro Valley Police Department assigned to lead the investigation, Adger said.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In addition, there is the servant Smerdyakov, presumed to be the illegitimate child of Fyodor and the intellectually disabled Lizaveta, nicknamed Stinking Lizaveta.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Another returned set of remains didn’t match any of those who were presumed to have been taken hostage, Israel said last week.
    Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Schuster said the Fujian is more likely a stepping stone, and China’s next carrier, the Type 004, on which early construction is believed to have begun, will incorporate lessons learned from it.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • De Silva, police noted, was an innocent bystander who was not involved in the quarrel and was not believed to have been the target.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Hypothecated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothecated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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