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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
Verb
  • In proceedings earlier this month, Faxon requested that the state grant the man access to internal documents which state officials maintained were confidential and not subject to disclosure.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In nearly a third of petitions, beneficiaries requested a detailed accounting of the trust’s finances, which Horton said reflects beneficiaries who suspected their trustees were mismanaging funds or ripping them off.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of requested
Verb
  • Sovereignty, once invoked to debate development, economic dependence and Brazil’s place in the international order, has become an immediate question of de facto political authority.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The vice president also invoked Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s light rail in 2025.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of invoked
Verb
  • As if triggered by this thought, the door buzzed itself open, startling the pigeons from wire to wing, a grand scattering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Upon the stone’s discovery, the world of Egyptology buzzed with questions.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of buzzed
Verb
  • But the Planning Commission, whose five members are appointed by San Bernardino County supervisors, ordered the geologist to revise his findings and granted the vested rights to the quarry.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Sanderson was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty in Queens Criminal Court Thursday, records show.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of ordered
Verb
  • 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
  • Was hearing Roland Hayes and, in time, other inspiring artists sing Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann songs like being beckoned by a musical brook to trust her instincts and follow its unlikely path?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The low-friction surface and dry desert air are conducive to speed and have beckoned drivers since the first race there in 1914.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of beckoned
Verb
  • Celebrated for her documentaries, Peedom felt that this time, the story demanded something else.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In Job, a breakout Off–Off Broadway work that made it to Broadway, a tech employee confronted her therapist with a gun and demanded to be reinstated at her job, and then the twists ensued from there.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of demanded
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“Paged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paged. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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