Thesaurus results for PARTICIPATED

participated

verb

past tense of participate

as in shared

to take a share or part eager to participate in the city's cultural life

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Recent Examples of participated Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declined to say whether Pakistani forces had already participated in airstrikes. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 Haskins regularly performed music, and participated in two USO tours for troops in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia in 2000, and again in 2002 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, and Kyrgyzstan. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 The two politicians participated in a candidate forum hosted by The Bee last month and have agreed to another event scheduled for next month. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 What's happening now Chidester participated in a motion hearing on Friday, according to 38th Circuit court records. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Chilean production received support from the Audiovisual Development Fund in 2024 and participated in Industria FIC Viña’s 2024 business meetings. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 Stuart Shave Modern Art, which last participated in ABMB in 2018, will also head to Plaza B. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 There were a few families with tweens and teens, some of whom participated in kids’ club activities like scavenger hunts, whereas others relegated themselves to the set of computers in the lounge for long sessions of video games. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 Four distinct types of infrastructure participated in one commercial event. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026

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Footage shared online shows Reeves losing himself to the song from a private box.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
The recordings are a series of voice memos made by Jed Wallace, a digital fixer, and shared with his partners at the communications firm TAG PR, as well as a client, Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

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Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Drivers knew the back entrances, the factory layouts, and the best path to the boss of a mom-and-pop workshop.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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