sealed

past tense of seal

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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
  • His organs will be harvested on Saturday.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Cathinone, considered to be the principal active stimulant, is structurally similar to d-amphetamine and at its highest levels when khat is harvested.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • With a round-of-32 game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday secured, Norway are dreaming of a run to the final on July 19.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Use worms fished right on the bottom to entice the subtle-striking bottom-feeders.
    Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Because the pond has been very fished.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
    Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Seashell earrings feel like a natural evolution for the kind of girls who, like me, grew up with a shell necklace securely fastened around their neck each summer.
    Lidia Maseres, Glamour, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Johnson was the first player picked by new Mavericks team president Masai Ujiri.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • In Wheeler’s recent story paneling a dozen scouts anonymously on draft prospects, not one picked Verhoeff as the best in the defense class.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The video showed that during the second time, the dog latched onto Evans’ left forearm and violently thrashed as Evans cried out in pain.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • But the favorite fabrication the AI poisoners on Reddit have latched onto is that JD Vance has died of rabies.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • So many of those parcels had been seized, stolen, or abandoned, or else were ticking away into the high season, cash millions worth of cannabis sown and soon to be reaped.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • As the service began, it was clasped shut.
    Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Across the continent, transport was disrupted, crops were damaged, and schools and nurseries had to shut.
    Francois de Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026

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“Sealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealed. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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