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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seated
The sound experience is consistent wherever an audience member is seated, the company added.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
In an intimate atmosphere, seated at long, communal tables, nestled tightly with industry professionals, guests were treated to a dinner that was melt-in-your-mouth good.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 8 Oct. 2025
Biden appeared to be seated in an elevated row of a section at Citizens Bank Park when fans snapped photos of him and posted them to social media.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Songwriters play the Bluebird in the round, literally seated in the middle of the room, surrounded on all sides by tables and the clank of bottles or silverware.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, promised to release the footage, and, shortly before noon on December 27th, Nicholas was seated at his computer, waiting for James’s virtual press conference to begin.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
As a violinist, Cristi spent several years as a member of the Miami and Houston symphony orchestras and seems to have a special affinity for those musicians seated in front of him.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Jeter couldn’t help but laugh at the jab, just like Rodriguez, seated beside him on the broadcast.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
However, passengers age 16 or older can ride in the truck bed as long as they are seated inside the bed itself, and not on the sides or tailgate.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
In an intimate atmosphere, seated at long, communal tables, nestled tightly with industry professionals, guests were treated to a dinner that was melt-in-your-mouth good.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 8 Oct. 2025
Biden appeared to be seated in an elevated row of a section at Citizens Bank Park when fans snapped photos of him and posted them to social media.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Songwriters play the Bluebird in the round, literally seated in the middle of the room, surrounded on all sides by tables and the clank of bottles or silverware.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, promised to release the footage, and, shortly before noon on December 27th, Nicholas was seated at his computer, waiting for James’s virtual press conference to begin.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
As a violinist, Cristi spent several years as a member of the Miami and Houston symphony orchestras and seems to have a special affinity for those musicians seated in front of him.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Jeter couldn’t help but laugh at the jab, just like Rodriguez, seated beside him on the broadcast.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
However, passengers age 16 or older can ride in the truck bed as long as they are seated inside the bed itself, and not on the sides or tailgate.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seated
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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The band continued to take the stage until 2018 — the same year they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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In 2017, she was inducted in the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame.—
Karen Mizoguchi,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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In its 2024 edition, the festival inaugurated the Country of Honor, with Palestine holding that distinction and programming featuring a spate of Palestinian films.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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That May, days after Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his first term as Russia’s President, a high-ranking Kremlin official conveyed a list of demands to NTV.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Seated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seated. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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