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verb

past tense of render
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as in relinquished
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession

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Recent Examples of rendered
Verb
Her handwriting and symbol were briefly rendered at football-field scale. Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Something about the skylights transports me to a bygone New York rendered by cinema. Nora Deligter, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026 But the viewing public, in the absence of Clancy’s own explanation of her experiences leading up to and after the killings, has projected its own ideas onto the case and rendered its own verdict. Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 Cook until most of the fat has rendered and the pancetta is turning golden brown. ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 In many cases, bodies have been washed far downstream and rendered unrecognizable, while others still missing are feared to have been buried in the torrent of thick mud. Andrew Jones, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026 Central Pennsylvania’s Greene Township bought out the property owner and paid to relocate residents of a 54-home park after excessive rainfall rendered all but four homes uninhabitable in 2006. Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026 Another fun detail can be found on the vamp, which has the same series of dots signature to the sneaker but rendered merely as indents rather than full perforations — less the Gore-Tex membrane be compromised. Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 Harvey, an artist and sculptor, will explore what happens to a figure when it is rendered using different materials and under different contexts. News Desk, Artforum, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rendered
Adjective
  • But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Goss voluntarily relinquished his Missouri law license and surrendered his right to practice law in Kansas.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
  • During her tenure, Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava relinquished their titles; Voigt had accused Rose of a toxic workplace culture.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His employees — asked to defend the team’s actions, and in some cases, prompted by Angels lawyers — described Skaggs as a drug addict and a poor pitcher.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • At the start of the trial, Clancy’s ex-husband Patrick Clancy described the horror of returning home to find his children.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, health authorities in Sweden told Gumas that a decade of concentrated expansion of access to these medications contributed to about a 25% reduction in deaths since 2017.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Power outages were most concentrated in East Texas, with Jefferson and Hardin counties being the most affected.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The most visible manifestation of that contempt this season has come from a handful of interactions with umpires who delivered quick ejections followed by a personal comment or two.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The latest court order in a flurry of lawsuits, delivered late Thursday by a Louisiana judge, ruled in favor of the 42 athletes across sports who sued the Southeastern Conference seeking a fifth year of eligibility.
    Stephanie Apstein, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The art establishment often drew on, if not directly copied, Kusama’s work.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the content generated promoted an organization called the International Burke Institute (IBI), the website of which features articles copied from real academic writing, sometimes with false attribution.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For nearly two decades, Rahul Gandhi has been portrayed as an entitled and ineffectual politician who could neither revive the Indian National Congress party nor challenge the iron rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Multiple actresses portrayed the activist and icon on screen.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Rendered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rendered. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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