seconded

verb

past tense of second
as in adopted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seconded
  1. adopted
  2. aided
  3. assisted
  4. abetted
  5. helped
  6. endorsed
  7. forwarded
  8. advocated
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  • The pups were adopted from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London, of which Camilla is patron.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The city in 2024 adopted a wide-ranging plan to guide economic development and traffic safety improvements on Stockton Boulevard.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of adopted
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  • Holmes had his fifth scoreless start this season and was aided by his defense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Acalica project went against their space traveler’s observe-and-report prime directive, so, aided by Henry Thorpe, Djen exposed Ruby and the other aliens, forcing them to leave Earth and her to create an environment-saving technology unabated.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of aided
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  • In an earlier Facebook video, Mrvan thanked first responders who have assisted in areas across Northwest Indiana, including LaPorte, Michigan City, Portage, Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, Schererville and Dyer.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The home sustained extensive damage, and the American Red Cross assisted the six displaced adults.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of assisted
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  • The rise in CoreWeave stock – abetted by short-sellers with 18% of the stock’s float, per the Wall Street Journal, covering their positions – suggests that investors concluded backlog could become profitable revenue.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Apple on Friday sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging the ChatGPT maker stole company secrets, abetted by ex-Apple employees.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of abetted
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  • Born in Vienna to a Russian mother and Nigerian father, Ndukwe learned English at school from an early age and that has helped since moving to Merseyside.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That cost millions of layoffs, but helped propel China to overtake Japan as the second-largest economy behind the United States in 2010.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of helped
Verb
  • Starry, who was elected sheriff in 2018 and again in 2022, has endorsed Mueller for sheriff.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The state Republican Party earlier this year endorsed Kendall Qualls over Demuth.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of endorsed
Verb
  • Loomis forwarded the email sent Tuesday to employees, along with a message on behalf of the mayor and herself.
    — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • On Thursday, the Sheriff's Office forwarded its findings to the district attorney's office for review and the Cal/OSHA findings were still pending as of Monday.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of forwarded
Verb
  • In his statement, Zuckerberg also advocated for AI model distillation, or using a powerful AI system to train a smaller model.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Biden family’s history with cancer The Bidens have long advocated for comprehensive cancer research.
    — T. Michelle Murphy, Time, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of advocated
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