moved

past tense of move
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of moved While lawmakers hope to build a new prison, Evers' plan calls for changes to other facilities to house those incarcerated who would have to be moved if Green Bay closes. Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 The discovery of the solar cycle now moved Carrington to undertake a rigorous study of sunspots that soon earned him a reputation as Britain’s premier solar observer. Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025 Fiddle leaf figs don't like to be moved and can drop their leaves due to stress. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025 An officer then moved toward the open back door and fired several rounds at Kerr. David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025 After that touchdown, the Ravens announced that Henry had scored his 111th, and moved past Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton for fifth on the all-time rushing touchdowns list. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025 Though only playing eight events, Gainey’s victory at the Furyk & Friends tournament to begin October moved him from 73rd to 37th. Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025 Filip Hallander moved onto the top line in his absence. Josh Yohe, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 Until Riley Moss drew the pass-interference call of all pass-interference calls, a flag that moved New York from the 40-yard line to the 1. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moved
Verb
  • If Doan’s Coyotes records were treated the same way Hawerchuk’s Jets records were, moving from one city to the next as a franchise relocated, then Utah Mammoth star Clayton Keller would be chasing him.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The town was established after San Francisco banned new burials and exhumed and relocated bodies to Colma in the early 1900s.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, Cox said via email last week that the cost of new construction and the site topography where the old police headquarters stood drove the cost up so high that the location was not the best choice.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The suspects drove a truck up to the museum, part of which was originally built as a castle.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The temperature had warmed up since Phillips’ remarkable opening shot, so the young golfer shifted from a 6-iron to a 7-iron.
    Alex Valdes, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After significant pushes in 2022 and 2023, including winning Money in the Bank and the United States Championship (via the first-ever cash-in for that title), his momentum shifted.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During that same period, Blain is alleged to have offered or agreed to receive a bribe with the understanding that his official vote and judgment would be influenced, according to the document.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That translates to real, tangible results–we’ve seen $18 billion in security influenced revenue with security teams using our SafeBase Trust Center.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The operation involved dozens of federal agents and provoked protests from bystanders, the Associated Press reported.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Not retaining his services would have provoked outrage.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As reported by the Columbus Dispatch, Judge Page was particularly persuaded by concerns about fairness and equity.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • De Marco, who has a gray goatee and an easy laugh, had persuaded Imperiale to become a pentito, or state’s witness, in exchange for a lighter sentence.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While news of that lifeline briefly triggered a sharp rally earlier this month, the peso has since given up those gains and has tumbled by more than 40% against the greenback so far this year.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, there was only one ‘dip’ in form all season in 2023-24, triggered by back-to-back losses to West Ham and Fulham.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate last summer, makes the case for a West Coast-centric show.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Moved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moved. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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