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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
Once, out of those 14 calls, the auto-attendant offered to have an agent call me back when one became available.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
In April, the company offered its first voluntary buyouts.
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Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
On June 27, the Chanel ambassador offered up a unique, and unexpected, take on the luxury fashion house's classic skirt suit.
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Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
For many, the images of international aid teams arriving and climbing through the rubble alongside them offered a glimmer of hope.
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Regina Cano Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Pastries The pastries offered at Audire are from Copain, a local distributor that recently opened a full size boulangerie.
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Eva Flowe
june 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2026
This is where the CHIPS Act comparable earns its place, though not for the reason it is usually offered.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
During the Poor People's Campaign in 1968, the pool offered relief from the summer heat.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
The course will be offered again in the winter of 2027.
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Anna Zarra Aldrich,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
In April, the company offered its first voluntary buyouts.
—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
On June 27, the Chanel ambassador offered up a unique, and unexpected, take on the luxury fashion house's classic skirt suit.
—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
For many, the images of international aid teams arriving and climbing through the rubble alongside them offered a glimmer of hope.
—
Regina Cano Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Pastries The pastries offered at Audire are from Copain, a local distributor that recently opened a full size boulangerie.
—
Eva Flowe
june 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2026
This is where the CHIPS Act comparable earns its place, though not for the reason it is usually offered.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
During the Poor People's Campaign in 1968, the pool offered relief from the summer heat.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
The course will be offered again in the winter of 2027.
—
Anna Zarra Aldrich,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offered
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Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
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Oil prices fell on the news of progress, but uncertainty over the status of the Strait of Hormuz — Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts over whether the key waterway was open over the weekend — may have slowed traffic again, The New York Times reported.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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The congresswoman also pointed to the dissent of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who suggested that race played a role in the administration's decision-making process regarding the removal of Haitians.
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The audit is scheduled to be presented to the Sacramento City Council during Tuesday evening's council meeting.
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Defense attorney Steve Haney has pointed out investigators never proved how the fire started or presented any direct evidence of Rinderknecht igniting the blaze.
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The absolute dollar amounts that SpaceX (SPCX) sacrificed in going public, however, are staggering and precedent-shattering.
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Because who gets sacrificed, albeit inadvertently, near the end of the episode, seemingly making the deadly storm abruptly stop as if God herself had pulled the plug on it?
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Additional contracts covering demolition work and new water infrastructure near the tunnel site are also ready to be tendered.
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UniCredit's bid for Commerzbank has been challenged by the German bank, which said on June 10 that no institutional investors have tendered.
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Several environmental groups have also proposed removing or entirely bypassing the Glen Canyon Dam, draining what's left into Lake Mead, and implementing stricter water conservation measures.
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The warning came after a key naval information group had proposed alternative shipping corridors on Saturday, asking shipowners to consider transiting the strait along the southern route with their transponder signals on.
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Many have carried the Indian flag and brought copies of the constitution to the demonstration.
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The only real scoring chances arrived in the dying moments of a game that carried macabre tendencies, long after the match had devolved into a turf war.
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Moore filed an insurance claim on the residence, and proffered a lease agreement that attested to a loss of rental income, prosecutors had alleged.
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Gentile also proffered detailed advice on how to treat a patient suffering from the Black Death.
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“Offered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offered. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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