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past tense of publish

published

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adjective

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Recent Examples of published
Verb
According to published reports, Ellison has explored purchasing The Free Press, a flourishing news site founded by Bari Weiss perhaps best known for a former NPR editor’s study of liberal bias in public broadcasting. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 July 2025 Hogan was also a published author, with his memoir, My Life Outside the Ring, released in 2009. Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Adjective
The photo was published in the Oregonian, which said a source shared it from an internal FBI document. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025 My father published a book which is a catalogue raisonné of the Golay Fils & Stahl collection. Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for published
Recent Examples of Synonyms for published
Verb
  • Campau printed the inserts on a special shimmery, purple, holographic paper with mini bios of each girl, complete with quotes and their star signs.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The new closures were decided upon after the district printed and recently delivered annual school calendars to students and their families, officials said.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Netflix announced in July that the series is ending following its forthcoming 10th season.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Life of a Showgirl (TLOAS) was announced to great excitement across social media in late August.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Plenty of agency officials were already put off by the DOGErs, who often issued peremptory orders to meet with them and answer questions.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, a court order has been issued to the school, but according to O’Connor, it’s still not followed.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bower was found by police with a gunshot wound to the head and declared dead at the scene, a police sergeant told Enquirer media partner Fox 19.
    David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Indirect reporting lines must be declared and assessed on a case-by-case basis.
    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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
  • In 2004, Chicago officials proclaimed the corner of Foster and Kedzie avenues in the North Park neighborhood as Kun Chae Bae Way, but Bae declined to allow the sign to be erected.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Landau after all was the music critic who famously proclaimed Bruce the future rock and roll.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In 2013-14, eight Premier League clubs posted an operating loss; in 2023-24, that figure was up to 18 of the 20.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The company posted 6,955 lines of assembly language code to GitHub under an MIT license, allowing anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the code that helped launch the personal computer revolution.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.
    Jim Stevenson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025

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