LEAGUED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

leagued

verb

past tense of league

as in united

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood

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as in collaborated

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed

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Recent Examples of leagued The leagued released a scheduling matrix with KU playing 18 Big 12 games. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026

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With a top manager in place, and a dressing room united behind him, the building blocks are all there for a positive year.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
And, despite some disquiet at Xi’s massing of power and reluctance to lay out a succession plan, the Party seems sufficiently institutionalized and united around key objectives to navigate some future turbulence in leadership transition.

— Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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The Clippers released a letter sent to Silver arguing Ballmer spent nearly $50 million funding the investigation and cooperated in every way possible.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Creeden also filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that the jury was prevented from hearing testimony from an attorney who would have told them that Creeden fully cooperated with the investigation.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

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So, what will governments, especially those allied to the United States, actually conclude?

— Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Its model could also connect other American and allied ore deposits with industries that currently depend heavily on foreign supply.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations.

— Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026

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