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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
If Clark Lea's team can't pull off the upset, then Kalen DeBoer, who had been hot-seated a few weeks prior, suddenly has 2025's best one-loss resume by far, with two wins over top-20 teams that have otherwise not lost.
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Jason Kirk, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Normani, Ally Brooke, and Dinah Jane were shown several times seated at a prominent ballroom-side table dressed to the nines in support of their sister in song.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Bieber, Zoë Kravitz and more distinguished guests were seated in the front row for Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear presentation.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Jurors were seated this week in Oakland County, where the unusual decision was made to empanel two separate juries — one for each defendant — so both men could be tried at the same time but deliberated on separately, ClickOnDetroit, the Oakland Press and FOX 2 Detroit reported.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
For long stretches of the play’s first act, Winter and Reeves stay seated, perched at the tunnel’s opening, gazing out over the audience.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Once at the jail, Galarza was seated in the pre-booking area on a bench next to another inmate, who was handcuffed on one arm.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
When she will be formally seated is unclear, according to the House Clerk's Office.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Jason Kirk, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Normani, Ally Brooke, and Dinah Jane were shown several times seated at a prominent ballroom-side table dressed to the nines in support of their sister in song.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Bieber, Zoë Kravitz and more distinguished guests were seated in the front row for Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear presentation.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Jurors were seated this week in Oakland County, where the unusual decision was made to empanel two separate juries — one for each defendant — so both men could be tried at the same time but deliberated on separately, ClickOnDetroit, the Oakland Press and FOX 2 Detroit reported.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
For long stretches of the play’s first act, Winter and Reeves stay seated, perched at the tunnel’s opening, gazing out over the audience.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Once at the jail, Galarza was seated in the pre-booking area on a bench next to another inmate, who was handcuffed on one arm.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
When she will be formally seated is unclear, according to the House Clerk's Office.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 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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Earlier this year it was inducted into the French luxury goods association Comité Colbert.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted Dreja as part of the Yardbirds in 1992.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
3 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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