prompted

verb

past tense of prompt
1
as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help

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2
as in urged
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles

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Recent Examples of prompted In Paris, extreme heat prompted the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre to close early on some days. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Post-Rio, van Niekerk’s return to university prompted the thinking that now was the time to take up track full-time. — George Edwards, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 In cases in which officers want to hold data longer, they will be prompted to enter case numbers. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 Last year, other security specialists detected a similar threat, from scammers who prompted LLMs to hallucinate plausible URLs for existing software packages. — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026 The movie fictionally suggests that Bourdain was rejected by a Vassar College writing fellowship, which prompted him to run away from home to Provincetown. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 The size and complexity of the fire prompted crews to call for a three-alarm response. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The investigation also prompted changes beyond reimbursement. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026 Notably, ByteDance is not one of the firms American AI lab Anthropic has accused of distilling — charges that prompted US sanction threats. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prompted
  1. caused
  2. urged
  3. brought
  4. encouraged
  5. created
  6. generated
  7. spawned
  8. did
Verb
  • Police said that the driver, only identified as a man in his 70s, accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, which caused the car to accelerate into the building, striking someone inside.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The park was scheduled to open last year, but was delayed when winter rains caused two major landslides along its cliffs, requiring significant shoring up to keep an emergency access route open.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Anyone who knows more about the crash, or who has information on the vehicle police seized, was urged to contact Menifee PD at 951-723-1500.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the filing, the Justice Department urged the appeals court to reverse the Tennessee federal judge’s ruling dismissing criminal charges against Abrego Garcia.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of urged
Verb
  • Firefighters brought the blaze under control and the injured were taken to a hospital where some were being treated for burn injuries while others suffered from smoke inhalation and asphyxiation, the report said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The case was brought by Strawberry Growers for Fair Trade, a coalition of Florida strawberry producers, whose berries are typically harvested during the winter months.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of brought
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  • Students avoided asking questions that could be considered controversial, and teachers no longer encouraged open discussion.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Patients should be encouraged to ask who manufactured the product, why it is being recommended, whether FDA has evaluated it and how to report an adverse reaction.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of encouraged
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  • Amaya joined DePaul in October 2022 and, according to her lawsuit, created and oversaw the athletic department’s mental health education programming.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the loudest opposing voices are creatives, who see the products being created by AI companies as something threatening to their own practice and to the world at-large.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of created
Verb
  • Brian Otieno/Getty Images For years, Harry had donated the annual income generated by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to Sentebale, but that ended this year.
    — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Barry Iverson / Getty Images file While that one is clearly painted, the more modern images appear to have been generated with the help of artificial intelligence, including one depicting the White House on fire.
    — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of generated
Verb
  • The film’s success spawned several sequels, including Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But their approach has also spawned backlash to the backlash, with some calling on McCarty to put a stop to the disruptions.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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