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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
  • School District 57 in Mount Prospect requested $20 million and got back just shy of $6 million.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Justice Department had sought no fewer than 80 years in prison, while Alsheikh requested five years, citing his age and his chronic medical conditions.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 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
  • On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) UK, which has led several campaigns against the use of bearskins, said Freedom of Information data showed that 22 bearskin caps were ordered in 2024 and 96 in 2025.
    — James Frater, CNN Money, 20 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 27 Sep. 2026.

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