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verb (1)

past tense of post

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verb (2)

past tense of post
as in appointed
to assign to a place or position the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness

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verb (3)

past tense of post
as in mailed
to send through the postal system be sure to post the letter this afternoon

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Recent Examples of posted
Verb
After news of that warrant spread last week, Aiyuk posted another video of himself racing a car, believed to be on an Atlanta-area racetrack. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi appeared to acknowledge Iran's responsibility for the helicopter attack in a statement posted on social media. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 June 2026 Some accounts posted locations for protests planned later on Tuesday. CBS News, 9 June 2026 On Hebbia’s finance benchmark, Fable 5 posted the strongest results among leading models. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 On his Instagram Stories, Cole posted a picture of the expectant parents, simply adding three red heart emojis. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Research published in May in the academic journal Education Next found that students in one Florida school district with a bell-to-bell cellphone ban posted higher test scores two years after an all-day cellphone ban was implemented. ABC News, 9 June 2026 All-female founding teams posted steeper drops in both deal value and count than mixed-gender cohorts. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 June 2026 Many of the film’s stars have posted promotional videos detailing the various formats. Matt Minton, Variety, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posted
Adjective
  • The House Oversight Committee took Kellen’s deposition as part of its ongoing investigation into the federal government’s handling of cases involving Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, according to published reports.
    Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
  • San Jose could be in line for an expansion franchise in the Professional Women’s Hockey League ahead of next season, according to published reports.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Days later, Knoblock announced that the school commencement would go on as planned that week, with additional security.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Trudeau, who announced his resignation as prime minister amid political pressure in January 2025, and his wife Sophie Grégoire announced their separation in August 2023.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Supporters of a half-cent sales tax proposed to help fund health services in Los Angeles County declared victory Tuesday after days of steadily gaining ground as more ballots were counted.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • The ballpark was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1998 and declared a National Commemorative Site in 2025.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Carven has appointed Kai Nesselrath as design director, succeeding Mark Thomas, who exited the French fashion house in April.
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 8 June 2026
  • Judge John Coughenour – appointed by Ronald Reagan - is one of the few who would.
    Heather Abbott, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on July 24.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Ballots have been mailed to voters, and drop boxes are open to receive them.
    Jenny Gathright, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • These are two of the more publicized stories of his generosity and attachment to Louisville, but 2X says the support Miller has offered the city goes well beyond the Robertson and Tyus families.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, whose office oversaw the highly publicized, incredibly expensive, and ultimately unsuccessful prosecution of Karen Read, has drawn at least three Democratic challengers to his job.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Its independence from the French was proclaimed in 1804, just two decades after the American colonies signed the Treaty of Paris.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • There was salt-and-pepper squid that split the difference between a Cantonese seafood palace and the state legislature, where calamari was proclaimed Rhode Island’s official appetizer in 2014.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Each person held their sarongs in different ways, over both shoulders or draped on one, around their necks, balled up in a fist, placed neatly on a lap.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Next week’s launch would have been only New Glenn’s fourth, after its third flight on April 19 placed a satellite for the company AST SpaceMobile in an orbit that was lower than planned because of a malfunction of the rocket’s second stage.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 May 2026

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