played (upon)

past tense of play (upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for played (upon)
Verb
  • Decades before the internet, Gunness exploited men’s loneliness — luring them to her hog farm with the promise of romance and sending many to a shallow grave beneath the Indiana soil.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Anything a user does on Max—and everything Max can collect, such as geolocation data, contacts, photos, and audio—could presumably be accessed and exploited by the state.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The codes of Versace are very strong and Vitale manipulated the familiar in a playful way.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But those sensors can be manipulated.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Played (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/played%20%28upon%29. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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