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as in restored
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place
when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
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as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready
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as in reverted
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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Recent Examples of returned
For her performance about an hour later, Gaga returned on video from MSG and in the middle of the red and black motif that signals the opening of her Mayhem Ball tour.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Even when Clark returned, her performance was uneven.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Love on the Spectrum, an exploration of the dating lives of people on the autism spectrum, returned this year after its debut in 2019.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty players returned for the ceremony and received loud ovations.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tate Nagy returned a punt 21 yards, and the Jayhawks also blocked a PAT attempt on Missouri’s first touchdown.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Brown played just 14 snaps in the opener before the foot injury, returned for the Syracuse game, but then underwent surgery in December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Scott Kelley, 51, of Massachusetts, was charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Boston Friday with wire fraud, mail fraud, mail theft by a postal officer, theft of government money, money laundering, structuring to evade reporting requirements and filing false tax returns.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Even when Clark returned, her performance was uneven.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Love on the Spectrum, an exploration of the dating lives of people on the autism spectrum, returned this year after its debut in 2019.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty players returned for the ceremony and received loud ovations.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tate Nagy returned a punt 21 yards, and the Jayhawks also blocked a PAT attempt on Missouri’s first touchdown.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Brown played just 14 snaps in the opener before the foot injury, returned for the Syracuse game, but then underwent surgery in December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Scott Kelley, 51, of Massachusetts, was charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Boston Friday with wire fraud, mail fraud, mail theft by a postal officer, theft of government money, money laundering, structuring to evade reporting requirements and filing false tax returns.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for returned
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Nearly a year after being removed from Lincoln Heights' village council over a tax dispute, a leading community activist has had his seat restored by a state appeals court.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Depending on the cause and severity of hearing loss, which can also occur due to ear wax buildup, the issue can be treated and hearing restored.—
Jennifer E. Mabry,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Such an approach is what yielded the NFL career Renfrow has had to date.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Aug. 2025
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Studies by Gallup and SHRM showed that customer-centric staffing yielded up to 50% gains in staff retention.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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How law enforcement snagged other burglars Minutes after the Chilean nationals burglarized the Carmel home, the house alarm went off, and police responded to the scene.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
25 Aug. 2025
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Pulte responded to Schiff’s latest comments earlier Sunday, vowing to not back down from the investigation.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Aug. 2025
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The rest of the patch notes include a ton of AI changes, some balance changes for the hardcore wipe, which is still proving controversial despite a lot of the most egregious changes being reverted already, and a big list of bug fixes.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Some realized remote was the way to go, while others reverted and pushed workers back to offices.—
Toni Ann Careccio-Pisano,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Live Nation has now provided Bonnaroo a hefty budget for further improvements, like reseeding the property and reinforcing runoff pathways.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, the water provided by the program may be the only resource to stave off fatal dehydration across an entire region.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the high-stakes environment of data centers, anonymous posters on the r/datacenter Reddit forum who replied to an IEEE Spectrum query generally failed to see a reason to justify the risk that AI could bring.—
Elissa Welle,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar, one of the primary mediators for negotiations between Israel and Hamas, alleged on Tuesday that Israel has not yet replied to a cease-fire proposal that was accepted by Hamas last week.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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What's the best tax or financial advice that anyone ever gave you?—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The advice that Sanders gave was advice to live by for not just Hunter, but every father out there.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The long-standing question of what’s happening with the closed Hwy 55 restaurant in Gallatin has finally been answered.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are some valid questions that need to be answered after losing both offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Returned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/returned. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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