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 In the past, OshKosh has participated in fashion collaborations via licensing agreements with Gucci and Kith. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 Topgolf employees previously participated in numerous VMware customer councils and have been interviewed for books on how Topgolf used vSphere and Horizon (now Omnissa Horizon), per Forehand, who is a leader of the Dallas/Ft. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 Gálvez participated in the development alongside format specialist Axel Fiacco, Jeff Kmiotek and consulting producer Aaron Solomon. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Soldiers from the 11th Cyber Battalion participated in the exercise, which connected three previously separate programs for the first time. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 According to the Justice Department, Merlien participated in the scheme in the years preceding her naturalization. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Four growers in California participated in the trials last fall, Broome said. — Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Since 2023, 1,400 Hilton staff members have participated in the scheme. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Kenya participated for the first time in FIDE’s Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners in 2024. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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Gilbert shared a post to his Instagram story responding to the outcry from fans of the actor over the weekend, addressing claims that Danny is pro-ICE or supports Shapiro’s politics.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
One such diagram was shared on X by European Parliament member Tomáš Zdechovský, who claimed that online activity around the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party plummeted following the Russian data center attacks.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

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Just 20% of Gen Z knew their exact interest rate on their credit debt—the lowest of any generation and well below baby boomers.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Omani officials knew of al-Hammami’s interest in radical Islamism but failed to flag their concerns; flydubai never checked his record with the Omani authorities.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026

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