kenned

past tense of ken, chiefly Scottish

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Verb
  • In 2000, Tucker was apprehended and sentenced to 13 years in prison at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
  • According to federal court records, authorities eventually apprehended a suspect, a 58-year-old Ohio man named James David Rogers.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In her practice, Palazzolo focuses heavily on industrial materials as a way of turning things perceived as artless or overtly masculine on their head.
    Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This is because white is generally reserved for the bride, so a guest wearing that color may be perceived as attention-seeking or inappropriate.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each storm sparked a wave of scientific inquiry, until, in the early twentieth century, scientists finally understood why electrifying societies had grown precariously vulnerable to environmental upheavals on the Sun.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In moments of crisis, children (and adults) need to feel seen, heard and understood.
    Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 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
  • Steve Coppell knew how to manage people, play the right tactics and give us the freedom to express ourselves.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But [director] Amy Heckerling knew what the goal was, and adults existed only as teachers in that movie.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The jury also appreciated the thematically appropriate disregard for linear time used in the movie and found hope and joy in watching these characters seek humor and hold tight to each other in the face of a difficult disease.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And that diversity is seen and appreciated within Selena’s fandom.
    Evan Burke, Billboard, 24 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
  • Sulfuric aerosols trapped in ice cores suggest that a truly massive volcanic eruption took place in 1809, followed by a succession of smaller eruptions that culminated in the staggering explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That being said, the Consumer Price Index has followed an almost identical trajectory from Q420 to the most recent figures, meaning spending is merely in line with inflation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Kenned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenned. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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