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verb

past tense of receive

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of received
Adjective
Part of what’s important in that time and before is to break these barriers of standard genres — painting and sculpture and stuff like that — and treat them as ordinary objects, questioning the received or accepted technical strategies. Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024 The button will vibrate to indicate a received input. PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
Verb
Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has received mixed reviews from both critics and Swifties. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025 Jonathan Anderson at Dior, Pierpaolo Picciolo at Balenciaga, Michael Rider for Celine Women’s, and Jack [McCollough] and Lazaro [Hernandez] at Loewe received honorable mentions. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for received
Recent Examples of Synonyms for received
Adjective
  • Dissent is nothing more than the expression of an opinion that varies from the prevailing or traditional view or the position held by those in power.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bank admitted fault in only 13 out of the 101 cases tracked by the organization, with the remaining 88 cases settled without admission of guilt.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Swift also admitted on a recent SiriusXM Hits 1 interview that her mom, Andrea, thinks (or, honestly, prefers to believe) the song is just about superstitions and making your own luck.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawn chairs are permitted in the general festival areas.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Financial advisors call this lifespan, or longevity, and is calculated individually by providing some general health and family history information.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Raducanu is entered to play the WTA 500 event in Ningbo, China, next week, but could decide to end her season before then.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Not guilty plea During the brief arraignment hearing Monday, Reichel entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Internationally celebrated visual artist and former Detroiter Nick Cave returned to Michigan this week for the unveiling of his first permanent public outdoor sculpture, at Grand Rapids’ Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Real change happens when clinicians in this industry show up to engage with community, policy, research translation and public perception.
    Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Police also allege Jonathan Arfsten, 49, took copper from two other closed Pick ‘n Save locations in Milwaukee and one in Glendale.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos took possession at the 5-minute mark in the second half, converted one third down and then were stopped one yard shy on their next third down.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The latest reading reveals that inflation has caught up with many items with the overall index climbing nearly 11% over the past two and a half years.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The surging wealth at the top has created an increasingly bifurcated consumer economy, with the wealthy accounting for a growing share of overall spending.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Shop the Rag & Bone sweatpant jeans, these popular Halara pants, a budget-friendly Amazon pair, and more.
    Laura Lu, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The ‘dogs’ proved so popular, in fact, that the 1966 World Cup group game between France and Uruguay had to be moved across London to White City as Wembley’s owners refused to cancel its regular Friday night meeting.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Received.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/received. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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