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verb

past tense of publish

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Recent Examples of published
Adjective
In a published obituary, his family said the boy had attended school at Success Academy in Sacramento and was enrolled at Tully C. Knoles School in Stockton when the deadly shooting occurred. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Last year, the county took in about 6,500 dogs, according to published data. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Rae published her autobiography, The Facts of My Life, in 2015. Michele Corriston, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025 Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, received 41% of votes nationwide with 92% of ballots counted, according to data published by Interior Minister Guillermo Francos on Sunday. Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for published
Recent Examples of Synonyms for published
Verb
  • What eventually gets printed in the Heartland Press is less of a Washberg hit piece than a tribute.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Whatever was written or printed on the paper remains unknown.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday morning that left one person dead and another injured, the agency announced in a social media post.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Close to a million voters cast their ballots before the Democrats announced their plan, while the redistricting session took delegates off the trail during the final full week of campaigning.
    Jahd Khalil, NPR, 2 Nov. 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
  • Then, the three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on October 20 issued a stay on Immergut’s first restraining order — a ruling that could have paved the way for a deployment as the legal battle played out.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has been declared the next mayor of New York City, according to NBC News and CNN.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the silent spacecraft.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That is obviously not what Dallas had in mind when Jones proclaimed the deal shipping Parsons to Green Bay made the Cowboys more equipped to defend against the run.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In retrospect, the MP-4 was brilliant, proof of the concept that carbon—not plastics, as proclaimed in The Graduate—was the key to the future.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Going Dutch, which is wholly owned by Fox Entertainment, is an outgrowth of Leary’s broadcast direct deal with the company.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.
    Jim Stevenson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The former Nickelodeon sitcom stars posted a new video on Instagram Wednesday, teasing what appeared to be a casual interaction as Peck sipped on a large drink in a plastic container.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The vacant job was initially posted, but Hutto recently sent an email to county commissioners putting the hiring for the Wilson County IT director’s position on hold until the investigation is complete.
    Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025

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