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
  • The Idaho manager sang a different tune Saturday after Boise secured its second win in its past seven games and took three points off the team atop the USL League One table.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2026
  • With a gold and silver in hand and Brazil’s world championship qualification secured, the 27-year-old’s role in Brazilian gymnastics success only continues to grow.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 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
  • The Athletic’s latest mock draft also has Burries (ninth to Mavericks) and Brown (10th to Bucks) being picked before the Heat’s selection.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
  • At the end of the performance, Perry picked him up as the crowd cheered.
    Klaritza Rico, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Everything is measured by devices latched onto the belly.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • Freuler latched onto it before goalkeeper Abunada collided with him, prompting the referee to point to the penalty spot.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Software engineers have largely reaped the benefits of AI agents, but workers in other roles have been slower to adopt the technology.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • In the summer of 2025, structural issues shut the doors at Beck for good, and since then, Swanson's sculpture has been stuck there.
    Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The Halki seminary, founded in 1844 and shut by the Turkish state in 1971, played a central role in ⁠the Eastern Orthodox Church as ​the Ecumenical ⁠Patriarchate’s main theological school.
    Reuters, NBC news, 21 June 2026

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“Sealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealed. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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