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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
Costco has a swath of jobs posted for hiring at the store, including cashier, pharmacy, bakery, meat department, loss prevention and gas station positions. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 In a video posted by the league on social media, White raves about Surtain’s do-it-all ability at cornerback. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Aug. 2026 The prime minister of the Nordic country posted a screen shot of the plastic surgeon’s offer on Instagram but without identifying him. Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The company posted $596 million in sales for the year ended June 30. Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 The brewer posted a 49% rise in net profit in results published earlier this month, jumping to a record $140 million from $94 million the previous year. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Chelsea posted a transfer deficit of about $650 million during the 2022-23 season, according to Transfermarkt data. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026 In a video posted to Instagram last month, the woman documented the aftermath of a morning run through Venice with her boyfriend, who was not wearing a shirt. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Megan Wright, who won re-election to her seat on the Brevard County School Board, earned a Moms for Liberty endorsement but never posted it to her campaign social media or website. Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posted
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  • That act alone — showing an unedited, pre-published draft to one of its subjects — would get the story immediately withdrawn at most publications of the size and majesty as the one in this play.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
Verb
  • The executions, announced Sunday, triggered condemnations by rights groups in the North African country that is divided between rival administrations, each backed by a set of militias and foreign governments.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Police have not announced any arrests as their investigation began late Sunday night.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Set in the 1950s, Juul follows 17-year-old circus acrobat Juul, whose life changes forever after a tragic accident leaves her in a coma and declared brain-dead.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Reiterating its 2019 call for Kavala’s release, the court declared his life-without-parole conviction null and void and found multiple violations of fundamental rights and judicial independence guarantees.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner sought the advice of former Forest midfielder Andy Reid — who has been appointed as the head of football development this summer — to ask which of the young players were ready to be involved in Portugal.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During her tenure, the office accidentally leaked voting system passwords, mailed voter registration postcards to 30,000 non-citizens, and lost a critical report taxpayers paid $25,000 to produce.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Katz said tenants who paid August rent can either come to the Brooklyn leasing office or get their checks mailed to them.
    Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 13 Aug. 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
  • The board of directors then pushed Haney out as CEO amid highly publicized quarreling.
    Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In 2024, when the National Electoral Council proclaimed Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election without publishing the results, opposition tallies indicated the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, had won.
    Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mother Teresa was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis during a canonization ceremony at the Vatican.
    USA Today, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That has taken the costly burden of insurance risk and physical danger of Iranian attacks away from commercial shippers and placed it on the US government and the oil producers themselves.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Where Nick Woltemade fits into how Jaissle wants to play is unclear and his compatriot has proven to be an early question mark, while even Joelinton will not be easily placed within this formation.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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