1
as in gave
to put before another for acceptance or consideration
I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime
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as in suggested
to set before the mind for consideration
offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean
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as in presented
to bring before the public in performance or exhibition
a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public
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as in sacrificed
to give up as an offering to a god
when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered, the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice
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Recent Examples of offered
The Seahawks put the Bucs in obvious situations, then offered little resistance.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
His group supports an end to the war, and has encouraged Hamas to take the deal offered by the White House, a position shared by party leaders but not progressive activists.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Surviving a volatile market One major challenge budget carriers face is that their low-fare advantage has been significantly eroded by the availability of basic economy fares offered by legacy airlines like Delta and United.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 6 Oct. 2025
Despite these accounts, Day offered a very different picture in an opinion piece published by The Oregonian on Sunday, arguing that national media coverage of Portland and its police paint a misleading and outdated picture.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Redd offered encouragement and resources, including money for a hotel room.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Treasury companies offered crypto exposure through familiar stock market mechanisms.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
They are measured by their length in centimeters, offered in 25 cm, 30 cm, 35 cm and 40cm.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
His group supports an end to the war, and has encouraged Hamas to take the deal offered by the White House, a position shared by party leaders but not progressive activists.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Surviving a volatile market One major challenge budget carriers face is that their low-fare advantage has been significantly eroded by the availability of basic economy fares offered by legacy airlines like Delta and United.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 6 Oct. 2025
Despite these accounts, Day offered a very different picture in an opinion piece published by The Oregonian on Sunday, arguing that national media coverage of Portland and its police paint a misleading and outdated picture.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Redd offered encouragement and resources, including money for a hotel room.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Treasury companies offered crypto exposure through familiar stock market mechanisms.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
They are measured by their length in centimeters, offered in 25 cm, 30 cm, 35 cm and 40cm.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offered
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The Democratic nominee for mayor also gave a speech at an African Methodist church, an effort to bridge the gap with apprehensive Black voters.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trump also gave Wall Street some assurance that the administration would give Nvidia licenses to offer its H20 AI chip in China – a crucial market for the company.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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Breslow suggested that the same aggressiveness needs to be present this winter to keep pace with the rest of the league.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The film presented a new twist on the modern classic, according to Paramount Pictures, the production house behind the film.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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So what interested me was definitely the complexity of this character, who is presented not as being all peaches and cream, but as a character with very dark, even toxic, aspects of her personality.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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What will this mean for all the pumpkins sacrificed for lattes?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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This recentering of impossible, exclusionary beauty standards reflects not only the ugly desires of white supremacist patriarchy, but reflects a broader issue of what is sacrificed when efficiency and optimization take precedence over real human experience and connection.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Both of them later tendered their resignations.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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With their stockpile of financial flexibility, the Sox could trade for a player who was likely to be non-tendered elsewhere.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Perry, a Durham resident, proposed to his fiancée, Kristen Seidel, in Italy in 2024.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with Vogue, Swank revealed that Misha Collins’ wife Victoria Vantoch set the pair up on a blind date, and a year-and-a-half later, Schneider proposed in Colorado.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Federal officers carried four people into the ICE facility on Tuesday night, according to CNN affiliate KATU.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the changes would result in the 10-term congresswoman’s district shifting rightward by about 15 points, Kamala Harris still would have carried it by nearly 13% in the presidential election.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Part of that reduction could have come from a decrease in shelter capacity at Camillus House last October, Book proffered.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the luminaries del Toro and crew are competing against at Venice 2025, interestingly, is Yorgos Lanthimos, who previously proffered his own riff on Frankenstein with Poor Things.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Offered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offered. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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