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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  • The primary way the parasite spreads is via human feces, so a lack of toilets and sanitation stations in fields where produce and vegetables are grown and harvested can be a major source of Cyclospora, public-health experts say.
    — Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026
  • During our few extended trips each year, this former neighbor has checked in on our cats, taken in packages and harvested from our garden to enhance proper growth, etc.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of harvested
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  • Jolly replaced him and, within two months, secured Moreno’s approval to hire the architect of a World Series championship team to figure out what was not right in the organization, and to fix it.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • At the time, Taylor was in the process of re-recording her first six albums after not being given the chance to buy back her masters, but has since secured complete ownership of her discography.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
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  • While Stan and Bud fished the shore, Ed and I sat in a canoe casting into the tail of the current.
    — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Because the pond has been very fished.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 May 2026
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  • Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • One climber slipped and fell about 700 feet after his equipment was not properly fastened, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and climbing ranger Nick Meyers.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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  • OpenAI and Elon Musk picked the same Thursday to go head to head.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Created in honor of Birds Georgia’s 100-year birthday, the Georgia Birding Trail is a network of locations picked based on accessibility, amenities and wildlife viewing potential, including habitats such as Murphey Candler Park and Reed Creek Park.
    — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
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  • Cecelia Kale was climbing a tree in her front yard in Tigerton on June 23 when a bat latched onto her leg, according to her family.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In doorbell footage shared with WTXL, a fox approached and latched onto her leg.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of latched
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  • Since 2013, Chevron has consistently charged the highest gas prices in the state and reaped the biggest profit margins.
    — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • 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
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  • The glasses come with a hard-shell snap-shut case and a green USB-C cable.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • The update followed a high-stakes boardroom showdown with the group's supervisory board on Thursday and comes after reports that the company is weighing up shutting four German factories and implementing as many as 100,000 job cuts.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of shut

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