PLAYED (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

played (on or upon)

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past tense of play (on or upon)

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to take unfair advantage of the candidate played on the voters' prejudices

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The fraudsters used deepfakes to pose as the company’s chief financial officer on a video call.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Metallurgical coal used for steelmaking was the last critical material to be given the designation in 2025.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of used

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This notorious commercial entity, a precursor of the global corporations of today and big enough to command its own army, ruthlessly exploited foreign resources, human and material.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
That signal can be aggregated, correlated, and exploited by hostile foreign intelligence services to anticipate our movements, targets, and timing.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

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The act also has been sorely abused and used as a tool to stop projects, particularly housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
In 2023, the Illinois attorney general released a detailed report that identified 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers who the investigation found had abused at least 1,997 children across the state’s six Catholic dioceses.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of abused

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Plus, the brand’s expansive archive is something to be leveraged, not left aside.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Buffered and leveraged ETFs may have a place in certain strategies, but they are rarely substitutes for a thoughtful long-term allocation.

— Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of leveraged

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But the things that tend to be more manageable are interiors, like a child's bedroom, but even those have so many details that have to be thought of and designed and built and manipulated.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Pentagon has not manipulated the service.

— Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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