Thesaurus results for PECULATED

peculated

verb

past tense of peculate

as in took over

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The Tigers slowly took over after the first quarter, limiting the Bulldogs to a field goal until the fourth quarter.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Strong took over the role of Zuckerberg from Jesse Eisenberg, who played the billionaire in the 2010 Oscar-winning film The Social Network.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026

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Wilson also alleged Cameron and Holden embezzled 900,000 Australian dollars ($642,000) from a joint venture company set up to make the movie.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
The second charge involved a package in January 2025, when prosecutors alleged Wallace embezzled a parcel entrusted to her as a Postal Service employee.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of embezzled

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The researchers at Google argued that the risk of the algorithm being misused or rapidly developed further if it was made public was simply too great.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
There’s no indication Abby couldn’t have children of her own, was depressed, misused substances or asked Andrew for a divorce.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of misused

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The rescissions would block $567 million appropriated for Health and Human Services programs for refugees, asylees and other non-citizens and $28 million for HHS research.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
The president responded by saying his administration wouldn't spend the $257 million appropriated by Congress on renovating the building unless the building also bears his name.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of appropriated

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Consider ongoing litigation between state governments and prediction-market companies, where the two sides are debating whether states are preempted from enforcing their gambling laws by a federal law on prediction markets.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The rollout was preempted when hackers leaked apparent footage online this week.

— Russ Bynum, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of preempted

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Jason Speaking of football-loving families, the Kelces seem to have usurped the Mannings for the sport’s first family.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
Howie Roseman acquired Bigsby after Week 1, and Bigsby eventually usurped Shipley as Barkley’s top backup.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of usurped

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Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated.

— Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
That’s one reason there are so many arguments over the value of a team, or an athlete, or sports more generally, as more and more money chases something essentially priceless—or misappropriated, depending on your view.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of misappropriated

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Heifetz said that the sensors would be attached to mechanical support structures rather than placed directly inside the channels.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
The strategy moves Peloton further away from simply being a screen attached to a piece of exercise equipment.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

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