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adjective

as in published

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verb (1)

past tense of post
1
as in announced
to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board

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2
as in declared
to make known openly or publicly posted the students' grades

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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
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The victim can be seen running full speed away from a man chasing him down with a knife before escaping into a building in a harrowing video taken from a surveillance camera, posted on X by Crown Heights Shmira. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 Photos posted by Cal Fire of the incident showed a silver SUV that had crashed through a window and wood facade next to the front door of the business. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Some of the mailers were posted online or shared with the Orlando Sentinel by unhappy voters. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 On August 27 Philip Engel of the University of Illinois Chicago posted a more pedagogical explanation of the LLM’s process on his website. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026 Santa Rosa Junior College sophomore Ryan George died in an apparent accident, his college coach, Fred Duerr, posted in a statement Tuesday. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Scholastic Corp – The publisher of children's books tanked almost 13% after Scholastic posted a loss in the fiscal first quarter. — Justina Lee,tobias Burns, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 There were plenty of cameras around to snap pictures, some of which went viral online when one commenter posted that obviously the photos are fake paparazzi and that Reinhart was paying them. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026 Lehrer later posted the segment on social media, tagging Yair Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s son. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posted
  1. published
  2. announced
  3. declared
  4. appointed
  5. mailed
  6. publicized
  7. proclaimed
  8. placed
Adjective
  • That act alone — showing an unedited, pre-published draft to one of its subjects — would get the story immediately withdrawn at most publications of the size and majesty as the one in this play.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of published
Verb
  • One month before the Pentagon announced its first equity stake in a company, its top lawyer asked the White House to explain why the deal wouldn’t break the law.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The victory came after Northwestern announced a three-year contract extension through 2031 for fourth-year coach Braun on Thursday.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of announced
Verb
  • The Nineties also declared Gen X to be the least annoying generation of the ones that are still walking the earth.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In 1969, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare declared that Chattanooga had the worst air pollution in the country, with dangerous particulate matter surpassing the federal safety level threefold.
    — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of declared
Verb
  • In 2011, the World Health Organization appointed Peng a Goodwill Ambassador for tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Coincidentally, Robinson had previously appointed one of the three judges, Justice Justin Dewey, who was presiding over the case.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of appointed
Verb
  • Those authorities — not USPS —determine who qualifies to receive a ballot, what appears on it, when it was printed and mailed, how voters can return it, how signatures are verified and when the ballot is counted.
    — Lee Moak, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For the general election, absentee ballots are mailed to voters starting 29 days before the election through the Friday before Election Day.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailed
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
  • The board of directors then pushed Haney out as CEO amid highly publicized quarreling.
    — Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of publicized
Verb
  • Moral judgment is not a matter of timeless fiats, even were they proclaimed by the Lord of Hosts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaimed
Verb
  • Trump’s performance as president has always been layered with a certain amount of shtick, especially when he’s placed in his preferred setting, which is standing before a microphone in front of a rapturous crowd.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As the industry evolves, so do the expectations placed on the next generation of beauty professionals.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of placed

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“Posted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posted. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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