kenned

past tense of ken, chiefly Scottish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenned
Verb
  • Among the new suspects apprehended is a man believed to have been part of the four-person gang that carried out the heist, Laure Beccuau told French radio RTL.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities apprehended Efrem Edmondson soon afterwards, who was convicted of murder in September 2025.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The event was exclusively catered to 14 to 22-year-olds, and GloRilla’s set was interrupted after what fans perceived to be a bottle was thrown on stage.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The shoulder issue, coupled with the scoreboard, raised concerns about keeping the veteran quarterback on the field longer than many perceived as necessary.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Helm is understood to be a feature, a concept.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • By freezing and visualizing what happens in the developer, the team turned a long-unsolved, guesswork-heavy process into one that can be seen, understood, and controlled.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.
    Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
Verb
  • But Phoenix himself knew that addiction did not discriminate.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • After filming wrapped, someone who supposedly knew everything about the season contacted the women and said that Tamra had been leaking every detail about production.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Didn’t always agree but appreciated some perspectives.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Other participants appreciated Mamdani's anti-establishment positioning and his stance on Israel.
    Halle Troadec, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Audiences had never seen anything like The Exorcist when it was first released in 1973, particularly the horrifying images and sounds coming from 12-year-old Regan (Linda Blair) after being possessed by the demon Pazuzu.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But Columbus also possessed strong maritime instincts.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The strikes ended when the WGA reached an agreement with the AMPTP in September 2023, followed by SAG-AFTRA that November.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Frank followed the exact same path with Brentford but, crucially, was the club’s first-choice following Postecoglou’s dismissal two weeks after winning the Europa League final.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Kenned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenned. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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