offered

past tense of offer
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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 But while salons have offered steam treatments as a curly hair staple for decades, at-home steamers have been too bulky (attempting to replicate in-salon domes) or too hard to use, requiring you to wrestle your curls into heated thermal caps, a battle that’s easy to lose. Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Prior to word leaking about Beasley potentially being looked into by the Eastern District of New York just a few days ahead of free agency, the Pistons had reportedly offered him a three-year, $42 million free agent deal. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 Two imaging methods — X-ray diffraction and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy — offered a closer view of the bones, revealing lingering signs of heat exposure that were invisible to the naked eye. Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 But that release was delayed for two months, as officials, in public and before judges in Maryland and Tennessee, offered shifting explanations as to the government’s intentions with the indictment. Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 In many recent deals premium brands are achieving multiples in the high end of what the market has offered in the past cycle. Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 These digital resources are not only free, but they are also being offered in both English and Spanish. Sari Hitchins, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025 Trump earlier this week said India had offered to cut its tariffs on American imports to zero, while complaining that the proposal had come too late in the negotiation. Priyanka Salve,anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 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, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offered
Verb
  • The rise of low-cost airlines like Ryanair and easyJet, along with the widespread adoption of the internet and operators like Airbnb, gave consumers the confidence to book their own flights and accommodation and create their own trips.
    Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Neidorff and his wife donated an additional $124,000 to Newsom’s 2022 reelection campaign while Centene itself gave Newsom $32,400.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Attiah then suggested that her firing was just another part of a racial purge.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Polish Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorski, for example, has suggested that NATO should shoot down Russian drones operating over western Ukraine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Next, presented by Corey Smith, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, North America, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, was the Virgil Abloh award to global artist and fashion icon Usher.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His unpolished demeanor and inability to grasp the issues presented a challenge.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reliability is never sacrificed; speed lives in a parallel track until it’s proven safe to merge.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Their land had been sacrificed so others’ could be spared.
    Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The top spot belongs to Gavin Sheets, who has gone from being non-tendered by the Chicago White Sox to delivering big hit after big hit for San Diego.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is his third-straight year as an above-average hitter after the Los Angeles Dodgers non-tendered him following the 2022 season.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An international team of researchers proposed that third-party imitation should probably prevail in social animals whose social behavioral repertoire varies within and across populations.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Village, one of the largest redevelopment projects proposed in Santa Ana in recent years, is set for City Council consideration on Tuesday.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Sides and condiments—honey, barbecue sauce, Crystal hot sauce—were enthusiastically proffered.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Offered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offered. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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