sealed

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
  • Each was designed to be planted and harvested under slightly different conditions.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • By late summer, apples and grapes ripen, and hops are harvested through mid-September.
    — Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Thiel also secured New Zealand citizenship in 2011, receiving a special exemption from the usual residency requirements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The settlement comes less than a month after Uber and Lyft drivers in California secured collective bargaining power for the first time with the certification of the California Gig Workers Union.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The interview was filmed in Montana, where Newsom’s in-laws own a ranch, as Newsom and Tapper fly-fished together.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Ngy worked construction and fished in his free time, eventually burning out after too many layoffs and inconsistent work following the housing crash of 2008.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, metal strips showing the current registration were fastened atop the existing plate.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a wooden schooner lost in 1884, have been found before.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The prime minister and chief of staff had picked the general to coordinate the military mission of flipping Hungary to the Allied side.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Seurer was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft, but initially passed on playing in the NFL and was in the upstart USFL with the Los Angeles Express.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His father, Jeff Cebula, said his son was looking at fish in a creek when a beaver latched onto his chest.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And a lot of people latched onto her as this avatar of this particular viewpoint of keeping women's sports exclusively for cisgender women.
    — Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • However, his firm has reaped strong gains from its Phoenix investment, cashing out a quarter of its stake in July for more than $340 million – a return of more than five times its initial stock purchase.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • All three are allegedly part of Ghost Town, a notorious gang from West Oakland that made headlines last year for a brazen high-end robbery spree that reaped hundreds of thousands of dollars and left victims traumatized, according to court records.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Keep Experimenting, Smartly To be clear, none of this is an argument for shutting AI experimentation down.
    — Adrian Carr, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this week, Rhodium Group’s Noah Barkin said Europe was considering measures to shut China out of the bloc.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Sealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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