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
  • Trump requested changes to the helipad last month after expressing dissatisfaction with the project.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Two individuals accused of stealing over $5,000 worth of music equipment from a Citrus Heights high school have been arrested after police requested the community’s help.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of requested
Verb
  • Ultimately the case was dropped after a friend of Terri's invoked the Fifth Amendment 147 times during questioning about her whereabouts the day Kyron went missing, as well as her interactions with Terri that day.
    — Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Frequently, these prosecutions have invoked spy charges, with the FSB’s counterintelligence wing supplying the incriminating information.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of invoked
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  • The two 98-seat Embraer-190 regional jets from South African airline Airlink buzzed Cape Town’s DHL stadium on Saturday just before the match between the country’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks teams.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As for Haaland, whose long, pale-blonde hair nabbed countless headlines during the World Cup, buzzed it off and filmed the whole thing for YouTube.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of buzzed
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  • Schwartz—less than a month into the job—reportedly ordered CDC staff to add an unusual statement onto the CDC’s website for measles surveillance data.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Law enforcements agencies have been ordered to step up security measures to prevent undesirable situations, city police Chief Anek Srathongyoo said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 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
  • 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
  • The Super Bowl has long beckoned the highest ad rates of any live TV programming.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of beckoned
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  • Continue reading … OPINION AMY SWEARER — Gun control activists demanded better data.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • These have never been simply styles, but responses to conditions that demanded other forms, other gestures, other ways of seeing and saying.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of demanded
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“Paged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paged. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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