offered

Definition of offerednext
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 Joining the Steelers last season offered inconsistency and a first-round elimination from the playoffs. Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 The Cardinals offered tickets to the team, and 17 players attended. Warren Mayes, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026 One of the highlights at the resort is the bike and snorkel excursion offered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 The city has offered seed funding to the Gateway Program while seeking more private dollars to support the work. Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026 The Miami Foundation had offered a grant of up to $50,000 for the search and some members wanted to accept it. Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026 From May 10, Pijama offered just over 100 films. John Hopewell, Variety, 16 May 2026 Luckily these pests can be controlled with a natural spray of spinosad found in Bonide, Fertilome and Southern Ag brands of insecticides usually offered for caterpillar control at independent garden centers. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026 When asked why that’s been the case, Lakers players offered similar answers in the locker room. Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offered
Verb
  • The reliever, who had previously kept the ball in the park all year, also gave one up to the Brewers’ Jake Bauers in the Yankees’ loss on Saturday.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 May 2026
  • The historian learned not only the date of the house, but that the property’s first buyer was Thomas Clark, who later likely gave it to a son, Jonah Clark, upon his wedding to Sarah Northrop.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Initial tests suggested the outbreak may not involve the Ebola Zaire strain, which was responsible for Congo’s devastating 2018-2020 epidemic that killed more than 1,000 people.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • The governor’s budget proposal, announced in December, suggested $5 million going to the food testing program within the Department of Health.
    Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Colman Domingo will also be presented with the Variety Creative Conscience Award on June 19, after which he will be joined in conversation by Variety’s Jazz Tangcay.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • The data is being presented at a meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy in Boston.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Mom worked multiple jobs while also studying but sacrificed everything to make sure her son and daughter could have a bright future.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • His value as a late-inning leverage guy had to be sacrificed due to the Cubs’ need for a starter after Boyd underwent left meniscus surgery that will sideline him for about six weeks.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Somewhat surprisingly to Larnach and just about everyone else, the Minnesota Twins tendered the outfielder a contract in November.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Grove was non-tendered by the Dodgers last fall and is recovering from shoulder surgery.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher fuel prices caused by the war.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Harris-Dawson also proposed that employees have the ability to waive out of the health plan in lieu of cash if they are already covered by Medicare or other coverage.
    City News Service, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Wearing a tasteful, monk-like robe in muted camel, Grogu was ceremoniously carried to a waiting bank of red carpet photographers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Goldman Sachs analysts reported in late 2025 that companies announcing layoffs carried higher debt, higher capital expenditure, and lower profit growth than peers, suggesting the cuts were responses to financial distress rather than AI efficiency gains.
    Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Sloane, who was dressed elegantly in a brown sheath, carried a little purple flower in a plastic cone proffered by Leo, who wore tuxedo pants and kept a restraining-order distance.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Of all the reasons proffered for the Iran war—and there’ve been a few—probably the easiest for Americans to get behind is that striking the regime was necessary to permanently derail its nuclear weapons program.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Offered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offered. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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