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
  • Last year, Van Dina secured a permit and harvested a female adult bear in Collier County.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Sprouts are essentially immature, miniature plants harvested shortly after germination.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In Ohio, prosecutors secured indictments against nine people for voting as noncitizens over the span of 10 years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • With the American League East title won and homefield advantage secured through the Championship Series, the Rays don’t have much to play for during the final days of the regular season besides some individual accomplishments.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 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
  • The oversize shoulders have epaulettes fastened with buttons and cuff tabs.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • So wake up with chin straps fastened and mouthpieces in place.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Producers Lab has picked 10 up-and-coming local producers, drawn from Jakarta, West Sumatra, West Java, Central Java and Kalimantan.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The people who seemed most settled weren’t the ones who’d picked a lane early.
    — Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 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
  • 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
  • The company reaped about $900 million with its initial public offering.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Deadline revealed on Wednesday that the BBC is expected to announce TV and radio network closures early next week, with speculation that BBC Three could be shut.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In short order, Ford halted Explorer production in Chicago for a week amid magnet shortages, while Japanese and European auto suppliers shut production lines awaiting materials.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

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

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