sealed

Definition of sealednext
past tense of seal

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sealed State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sealed
Verb
  • Trained on hundreds of billions of words harvested from the internet, ChatGPT uses what it’s learned about text patterns to generate the likeliest responses to user prompts.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Let the beautiful blue crab, harvested from the Chesapeake Bay's waters, have their moment of glory with this new recipe.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Eriksson Ek immediately fished the milestone puck out of the back of the net.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The story goes back to 1913 when Sen̓áḵw was a coastal village where Squamish people hunted and fished.
    Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Last week, the area was secured with a padlock on a chain-link fence and the entire area appeared overgrown with signs of invasive plants such as bittersweet.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Other candidates The rest of the field, for the most part, does not appear to have secured as many high-profile endorsements or raised comparable campaign funding.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Homeowners across Central Florida have been frustrated to find their piles of dead leaves, branches and plants — victims of February’s hard freeze — still sitting on their curbs because waste haulers haven’t picked it up on time.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • For every scene, participants picked one robot from a lineup of six that differed only in color—there were four skin tones ranging from light to dark, plus a silver and a teal option meant as nonracial baselines.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The design takes inspiration from a bolo tie and ties back to Hill’s Colorado wedding, when the napkins were fastened with the neckwear.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The logo was featured on a pink wall in LA, while in New Jersey, it was featured on a lock fastened to a fence.
    Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Still, the company's investors have reaped major benefits, with the company's share price up more than 73% in the last five years alone.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Passover, Good Friday and Easter Sunday will soon arrive to connect us to our tradition and to teach us the lessons of the rewards reaped from long-term commitment.
    Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Investigators believe that as the bar was closing, Parkhurst either hid somewhere in the establishment, or re-entered through a door and latched it behind him, the affidavit said.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Crew Module side hatch cover is removed, and the seals are greased, cleaned and inspected before the 500-pound hatch door is shut and latched using special tools, including a socket wrench and ratchet.
    Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Public outcry shut this down a few years later, but the audience surely knew the reference when Lehrer recorded this song live at Sanders Theater.
    Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Many European leaders have felt political pressure over the war, which faces opposition in their countries and has sent petroleum prices soaring as Iran has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which about one-fifth of the world's oil passes.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026

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“Sealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealed. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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