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Definition of saidnext
past tense of say
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as in recited
to give from memory say your prayers

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Recent Examples of said
Verb
Officers found a second victim near 38th Avenue and San Leandro Street, police said. Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Shortly after arrival at the hospital, deputies said that 8-year-old Camila Leon had succumbed to her injuries. Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Instead, Andrea struck up a surprising romance with Garrett (Riley Green), which was met with mixed reviews from said fans. Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 The models specifically reproduced how said particles would interact with the expanding shell of material shrugged off by the supernova's dying progenitor star. Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for said
Recent Examples of Synonyms for said
Verb
  • The catalog spans genres such as fantasy, family drama, romance and billionaire romance, told in episodes running 60-90 seconds.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly half of Stars and Stripes' $29 million annual budget comes from taxpayers, a person familiar with the newspaper's operations told CBS News last week.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Executives expressed interest in the opportunity but there was also a measure of caution given their past experience in the country.
    Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Her team expressed appreciation for the support and is open to continuing the conversation, according to a joint announcement from the governor and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Enslaved people recited his poetry at posh parties thrown by their masters.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the extreme upper end, the study found that a maximum possible prevalence of CTE — if researchers assumed that every former football player had CTE except for the 20 whose brains had definitively been cleared of a diagnosis — was around 97%.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor has quickly assumed a leadership role, with her coach using her as an example of expectations.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The game will also be simulcast on Disney+, which doesn’t have a free trial of its own but is included in any of DirecTV’s Signature packages which offer the aforementioned five-day free trial.
    Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The aforementioned Cora’s All Day Café is the spot to grab a quick bite, coffee, and a pastry to go.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During their visit, the wife talked incessantly, sharing stories about their family members in great detail.
    R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Hollywood Reporter reported in November 2024 that Cruise had talked to Paramount about a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated that about 10 percent of Chocó’s population — 69,000 people — were affected or displaced by the earthquake, per AP.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • However, even if the cameras were removed, Lexington police and Thomasville police have their own cameras, the press release stated.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Others are employing the old-fashioned strategy deployed by their parents, strutting up to storefronts with resume in hand and elevator pitch memorized.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For all the public, open source repos where most of the benchmarks are run, every single model has basically memorized the repo.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

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“Said.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/said. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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