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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
  • Suwarso relinquished his standard four-ticket allocation for the game.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Fast forward two years, and Variety reported that Unwell had dropped Hot Mess and relinquished all rights to the show, giving Earle the freedom to pursue new opportunities.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 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
  • The modern American Dream is best described as a private bunker where the outside world arrives entirely in a cardboard box or a fiber-optic cable.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Strahan described the chaos in New York City amid the rescue efforts and the accompanying bomb threats and noted that the Giants could still see smoke from the twin towers from the team’s practice fields.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • More than 600 creatures are pictured, including horses, bison, deer, and aurochs, making the Lascaux caves one of the most concentrated showcases of cave art in existence.
    Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Its process produces concentrated metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Robinson delivered his from a straight-up stance, producing something sharp and with less body movement.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For example, diesel prices have hit record highs above $6 a gallon, which pushes up the cost of shipping for groceries and other goods delivered by truck.
    Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the school’s drawing program, de Kooning copied classical works, mostly from Greece.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • When a car gets flagged, the racing team gets a note (copied to the FIA) and a short window to fix it.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That was portrayed in some quarters as a mass exodus, one that would inevitably lead to the remainder of Newcastle’s best players departing as well — if not during the window just gone, then next summer.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Beatty portrayed River—the kindhearted fiancée of one of the siblings—until the play closed in June 2024.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Rendered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rendered. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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