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adjective

as in arranged

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verb

past tense of manage
1
as in handled
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss

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2
as in operated
to look after and make decisions about managed a household and a business simultaneously

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3
as in coped
to meet one's day-to-day needs it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage

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Recent Examples of managed
Adjective
Using managed care Medicare Advantage would improve health and lower costs and add some extra benefits to be a better value when compared to original Medicare. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
Of that group, just one — last year’s Chicago Bears — managed to put behind the miserable start against its biggest rivals and reach the playoffs. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The binding agreement with Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek and BlackRock managed funds values Adani Airport Holdings at about $18 billion on a pre-money basis, according to the company statement. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 But with the important exception of Somalia and large parts of West Africa, jihadi groups have not managed a mobilization comparable with the ones after the 2003 Iraq War or during the rise of the Islamic State. — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026 Because there is only so much spectrum to go around as a matter of fundamental physics, governments have historically managed it by issuing exclusive licenses – dedicating certain highways to specific users and telling everyone else to stay off. — Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026 The Diamondbacks managed just three hits in six scoreless innings against Cameron. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 The Cygnus International Space Station (ISS) resupply program, which is managed by Northrop Grumman. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Tanvir managed to run a fan using an unwieldy connection of power cords. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 Knowledge work can and should be managed, but progress cannot always be measured through accumulating deliverables. — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for managed
  1. arranged
  2. handled
  3. operated
  4. coped
  5. planned
  6. manipulated
  7. supervised
  8. did
Adjective
  • If the system does become the next tropical storm, it could be named Dolly, the next name on the center's pre-arranged storm name rotation.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For $1,250 per person each year, members receive access to pre-arranged evacuation flights from six Florida airports before qualifying storms make travel difficult or impossible.
    — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Vanhée handled that dilemma confidently in her first collection, for the Fall 2015 season.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of handled
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors say Singh operated the Round Table Pizza restaurant in Dinuba, a Tulare County city about 30 miles southeast of Fresno, and used the business to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Election officials would submit voters’ names, addresses, and corresponding barcode information through a portal operated by the federal government.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of operated
Verb
  • For one thing, millennials have coped with a lot of instability and uncertainty in their formative years.
    — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Once out and about, moonwalkers coped with very fine, tiny particles composed of sharp, glassy material.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of coped
Adjective
  • The president hit many of his familiar rally points during the speech, touting his record on border security, last year's tax legislation, his tariff-heavy approach to trade and his White House renovation kick — including his planned ballroom.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The singer revealed the condition to fans three months later after canceling the rest of his planned gigs.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • From fake praise to manipulated photos, AI is reshaping how hotels market themselves and how travelers make booking decisions.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Apple is also adding support for Google's metadata standard, SynthID, for broader AI image identification, so you can be warned when a picture was manipulated or generated with AI.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • The following year, he was sentenced to 188 months, nearly 16 years, in prison, with five years supervised release.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Just north of Hartley Road in Eagle, there are 440 acres of public land currently supervised by the Bureau of Land Management.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervised
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Managed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/managed. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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