as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements
though she couldn't see the rain, she knew it had started because she could see the flowers nod as raindrops hit them
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Recent Examples of nodded
Fernando Garcia, one of the creative directors of Monse, nodded his head to the music.
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Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
Aphex Twin’s 2003 26 Mixes for Cash compilation nodded wryly in its title to the throwaway nature of the worst of the form.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Sequeira sprinkled in a little easter egg elements into her outfits through the different timelines that nodded to Pennywise.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 May 2026
The second woman nodded in agreement.
—Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The toothless man and the fat woman just nodded.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
Ramírez made a swing gesture and then nodded and smiled.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Its glittering pin stripes nodded to traditional menswear, while the yellow leopard front patch was reminiscent of her feline debut.
—Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
Aphex Twin’s 2003 26 Mixes for Cash compilation nodded wryly in its title to the throwaway nature of the worst of the form.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Sequeira sprinkled in a little easter egg elements into her outfits through the different timelines that nodded to Pennywise.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 May 2026
The second woman nodded in agreement.
—Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The toothless man and the fat woman just nodded.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
Ramírez made a swing gesture and then nodded and smiled.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Its glittering pin stripes nodded to traditional menswear, while the yellow leopard front patch was reminiscent of her feline debut.
—Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodded
Verb
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Dead fish bobbed on the river’s surface as wastewater ran off directly into the Conasauga.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Crews then raced to recover the astronauts aboard the vehicle, which bobbed for a few hours in the Pacific Ocean near California.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Their struggles are why Buster Posey shook things up by calling up Bryce Eldridge and Jesus Rodriguez.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Eventually, the Thunder shook off the rust from an eight-day break and went up 31-26 at the end of the first quarter, despite 12 points from James.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Ruben Enikolopov, a research professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, explains that at the onset of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin had low government debt and large reserves, and pumped money into the economy via military spending.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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The two companies pumped almost 9 million barrels of oil a day over the course of the year.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The plane jerked to a stop as two trucks passed just feet in front of its nose.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Nodded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodded. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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