pertained

verb

past tense of pertain
1
as in belonged
to be the property of a person or group of persons the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone

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Relevance
2
as in related
to have a relation or connection a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater

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Recent Examples of pertained The investigation pertained to incidents that occurred in February. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Mickelson was one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour before his controversial move to LIV and comments about his Saudi backers, and his career survived some unsavory headlines, several of which pertained to gambling. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 While that ruling pertained only to admissions, the administration last winter notified schools that any differential consideration based on race was unconstitutional. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 The central issue pertained to the air compressor drivebelt, which apparently passed a pre-trip inspection despite its poor condition. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026 The remaining allegations pertained to It Ends With Us Movie LLC (breach of agreement and retaliation), Wayfarer Studios (retaliation) and the company Lively had accused of organizing an online campaign that cast Lively in a negative light, The Agency Group PR LLC (aiding in retaliation). — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 4 May 2026 Some 73% of deals pertained to new media, with digital media and sports the most active segments. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 In an affidavit filed last month, the bettor claimed that communication with Clase pertained solely to rooster fighting, not baseball. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Notably, that case pertained to inland Lake Winnebago. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertained
  1. belonged
  2. related
  3. referred
  4. applied
Verb
  • According to the release, an autopsy will be conducted, and DNA results are pending to identify to whom the remains belonged.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • For both the collector and the curator, there was never any doubt where that exhibition belonged.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of belonged
Verb
  • Alvarez wonders if the breaking point of a liquid is related not to a property like elasticity, but to something more fundamental to the liquid’s structure.
    — Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Tisch referred to his killing as gang-related and said investigators are looking into whether it’s connected to the barbecue shooting.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Definition of related
Verb
  • When asked about the lobbying effort, Chavira referred questions to M Strategic Communications, a lobbying firm retained by Lineage two days after the fire to provide crisis communications and other services.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The American Soybean Association did not provide an answer, while the American Chemistry Council and American Cleaning Institute referred CNN to the EPA.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of referred
Verb
  • Boston Dynamics said the same AI training methods used to teach Atlas celebratory football movements are also being applied to warehouse automation and manufacturing tasks.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of applied

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