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junketed

verb

past tense of junket
as in honored
to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junketed
  1. honored
  2. fed
  3. regaled
  4. recognized
Verb
  • Nothing was mistaken at the inaugural Cartier Cinema Club dinner held at Venice’s Gritti Palace, where Chazelle’s La La Land was honored with dinner on the canal overlooking the Basilica della Salute.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026
  • God willing, that place will be juvenile court, where the lives of these young people can be respected and honored.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of honored
Verb
  • There are two electric motors, one driving each axle, and they're fed by a 49-kWh usable battery.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In May 2025, a nearby oil pipeline owned by Energy Transfer, a Dallas company, leaked 6,800 barrels of crude oil into a sewer line that fed into the Village Creek water treatment plant.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fed
Verb
  • Woods, in response, regaled a tongue-in-cheek story about pitching movie ideas to Ruffalo.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And new local knowledge will be gleaned, with which future visitors will someday be regaled.
    — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Definition of regaled
Verb
  • Scott Keever is an entrepreneur, internationally recognized SEO expert, online reputation mastermind and Founder of Reputation Pros.
    — Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • There is a lineup of countries waiting to get in, with nine countries currently recognized as candidates for EU membership.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of recognized
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“Junketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junketed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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