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
  • Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping your own copies can be helpful if a document is misplaced or later requested.
    — Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of requested
Verb
  • The reference invoked the 1987 thriller’s most iconic scene, which saw Alex boil a pet rabbit in a large pot of hot water.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After the reversal was finalized in May, Garcia Torres invoked his speedy trial rights and is being represented by a familiar face in Lopez, who defended him during the original trial.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of invoked
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  • Solitary bees buzzed through the purple flowers of the California aster.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the now-notorious moment, Rock, 61, made a joke directed at Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s buzzed haircut.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of buzzed
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  • Doyle ordered the show with Angela Jain, Head of Content at Disney+ EMEA.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … TURNING THE PAGE – Washington Post ordered to reinstate columnist axed after Charlie Kirk's death.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 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
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  • 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
Verb
  • My most difficult investor wanted aggressive, unsustainable growth at any cost, because his fund's timeline demanded it.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Workers were not burning through those extra hours because the work demanded it.
    — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of demanded
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“Paged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paged. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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