numbered

past tense of number

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of numbered If Geely and its suppliers hit their 2027 pilot targets, the days of diesel dominance may finally be numbered. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 While these numbers show that confirmed cases themselves are still rising, the overall trend is on a downward swing; previous weeks regularly saw increase that numbered into the 2,000 and 3,000 range. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Manager Xabi Alonso named a 24-man squad and yet the number of players omitted numbered well into double figures. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 And lastly, each motorcycle will come numbered, with the serial number found under the seat. New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 Using your phone less The days of switching between apps to complete a task could be numbered. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Suites in the building were not consistently or consecutively numbered. Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 That became the seed of an ERP system the company kept rebuilding, eventually growing a software team Spano numbered at around forty people. Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Google Assistant’s days have been numbered for a while, but the company has now settled on a date to retire its pre-AI assistant robot. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbered
Verb
  • The change allowed the parents to successfully argue that the trauma over their son's death counted as a disability that would exempt them from the punitive damages cap.
    Reuters, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Venture capital has a specific reason to care; Crunchbase counted $300 billion of global venture investment in the first quarter of 2026, with four AI rounds accounting for 65% of it.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His 14 home runs have averaged 418 feet in length, which is tied for the best average in the majors this season.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • According to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, cannabis flower harvested in the 1990s averaged around 5% THC; by 2022, the state’s average flower potency had climbed to roughly 21%, with some strains tested as high as 35%.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Other defensive standouts included Jaden Hicks forcing a fumble and Felix Anudike-Uzomah recording a sack, as the Chiefs' first-half defense impressed before a 16-15 loss.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The catalog spans genres such as fantasy, family drama, romance and billionaire romance, told in episodes running 60-90 seconds.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly half of Stars and Stripes' $29 million annual budget comes from taxpayers, a person familiar with the newspaper's operations told CBS News last week.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The zaobanchu during Qianlong’s reign comprised nearly one thousand artisans, who worked out of fear to serve the demands of the insatiable emperor who would sometimes dole out severe punishments, like taking away a year’s salary.
    Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The testing phase comprised 53 separate commissioning procedures broken into 308 individual chapters.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Traces of a silk fabric found near her skull that may have been used as a trim on a hat or bonnet contained metal threads made of pure gold and silver.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • According to German media, the cache in Berlin contained two handguns and ammunition.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Eight Sleep also collects and has a massive cache of user data that, when aggregated and de-identified, can be used to identify broader trends and support research, reports, and studies on sleep and health.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Models trained on delayed, aggregated, manually entered or incomplete information can produce outputs that reflect the limitations of the underlying data.
    Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Early Friday morning, rock band Buckcherry was involved in a car crash while traveling for its Roar Like Thunder Tour.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cellphones – the kind used to actually talk to people rather than text and post to social media – weren’t mandatory personal equipment yet, though various personalities involved at the time had them.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Numbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbered. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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