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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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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
The entire island took a serious one-two punch of a hurricane beating; residents managed without power for months, and without the livelihoods supported by the tourism industry for much longer. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026 After his playing career, Bob Boone managed both the Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds. — CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026 The straphanger managed to flag down police and Medero Curet was arrested at the scene. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 In a dozen songs, Pavement managed to synthesize a few decades of rock history in a fashion that felt sophisticated but playful, irreverent but erudite. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026 For those of us who managed to land a role on Breaking Bad, the show is a formative part of our lives. — Dean Norris, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026 Thurman continues to be managed by Magnolia Entertainment and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026 Aaron Boone played 13 seasons in the majors and played for the Reds when Bob managed the team. — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Bob Boone, who made Major League Baseball history because of his defensive prowess with the Royals and later managed the team, died Monday at the age of 78. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for managed
  1. arranged
  2. handled
  3. operated
  4. coped
  5. planned
  6. manipulated
  7. supervised
  8. did
Adjective
  • On Tuesday, Mohamud was arrested during an arranged meeting with the source in the parking lot of a Richfield park, according to Rosen.
    — Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • Pando has since handled more than 57 terabytes of Git packfiles in a single hour.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Tia, on her end, handled the ambush skillfully, parrying jabs without raising her voice to prevent Wendy from having any opening to feign victimization.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of handled
Verb
  • Threats were also made against a Prague-to-Bucharest, Romania, flight operated by Romanian carrier Tarom, and a Ryanair flight from the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to Rome.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The complication is that about 95% of the world’s 46,000 McDonald’s restaurants are owned and operated by franchisees — and some have pushed back against a proposal that could require $650,000 to $800,000 of investment per store.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of operated
Verb
  • Adam has always coped with the world by drawing—his artwork on yellow legal pads and sticky notes illustrates the novel—but now there’s a new girl in school who’s praised for her artwork, and Adam feels his identity as an artist slipping away.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The countries that coped best were not always those with the most energy resources.
    — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of coped
Adjective
  • The developer previously added 25 parking spaces after an August council meeting by reducing some planned landscaping.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • People are advised to line up early because of planned road closures.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • Brand was chaotic, dismissive and manipulated the people around him.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The company says its investigation has yet to reveal any evidence that any investigation data has been accessed or Chainalysis attribution data has been manipulated.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • Co-founder Nemmert supervised the build of Lokia’s operating system (Lokia OS) and runs the company’s operations and production side.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In mid-October Reliable’s software taxied, took off and landed a Cessna Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop plane, at Albuquerque’s main airport while a pilot supervised from company headquarters in California, more than 700 miles away.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 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 12 Nov. 2026.

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