paged

verb

past tense of page
as in rang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paged
  1. rang
  2. requested
  3. invoked
  4. buzzed
  5. ordered
  6. whistled
  7. beckoned
  8. demanded
Verb
  • Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.
    — KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of rang
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  • City Directors Kathy Webb and Capi Peck requested the proposal to establish the six-month moratorium earlier this summer.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The school district and developer have requested the village rezone the property to a multiple unit dwelling district.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of requested
Verb
  • Inside the cabin, Emirates invoked the same design elements as the airline's iconic business-class cabin, such as cream leather with stitching details and wood accents.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment because his lawyers were protecting him.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of invoked
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  • That same day, 260 miles west, the mayor of another Saskatchewan town was sitting on the end of a fishing dock when his phone buzzed with a text message.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Navy flight that buzzed the Renton, Washington training facility on the Southeastern shore of Lake Washington lasted much of the football team's first padded practice.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of buzzed
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  • The streamer recently ordered a sequel to the ’90s cult classic Clueless, a Scottish family drama called Laird and the true crime drama Fear Not, among others.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In June, the Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ordered
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  • That prospect flared up for Seoane as the home fans whistled and booed at the final whistle, and became reality on Monday when the club’s board acted.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of whistled
Verb
  • The Super Bowl has long beckoned the highest ad rates of any live TV programming.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The same play-offs that had proved to be the graveyard of York’s promotion hopes at the semi-final stage 12 months earlier beckoned.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of beckoned
Verb
  • Officials in the seven western states have been battling over the Colorado River’s water for more than a century, particularly as the West's increasing population has demanded more water at a time of persistent drought.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Driver Harjit Kaur was charged only with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence — a maximum one-year sentence — and has pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial.
    — Ruyuan Li. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of demanded
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