sealed

verb

past tense of seal
1
as in harvested

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as in locked

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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
  1. harvested
  2. secured
  3. fished
  4. fastened
  5. picked
  6. latched
  7. reaped
  8. shut
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  • Surrounded by its own garden, the restaurant builds much of its menu upon a base of herbs and vegetables, like kale and carrots harvested mere steps from the open-concept kitchen.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Research has found that produce starts to lose nutritional value as soon as it’s harvested.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of harvested
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  • Hitler was subsequently appointed chancellor by Hindenburg, in January 1933, after his party secured in the 1932 legislative elections a relative majority in the 600-seat Reichstag, Germany’s parliament.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Once extended, the inner tower was secured in its operating position.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of secured
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  • 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
Definition of fished
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  • 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
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  • Asked about immigration solutions for Congress to tackle, Latino voters polled picked investigating ICE as a top priority, alongside immigration changes like a pathway to citizenship and ending the immigration detention of children and families.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Having picked it up for its 2025-26 season, CBS then pushed it to the following 2026-27 season.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of picked
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  • 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
Definition of latched
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  • Ploughshare tortoises, which exist in the wild only in Madagascar, had once reaped six figures on the black market.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The duo’s Be Free Tour builds on their career-long, high-energy, pop/classical mashup, which has reaped five albums, two Grammy nominations and a regular slate of 200 shows a year, including performances for over 100,000 students.
    — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • The potential victims all have to get into their coffin, which is then shut.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a dispute over British sanctions barring the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shut

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“Sealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealed. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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