seconded

past tense of second

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Verb
  • Reiner also adopted Tracy Reiner, 61, the daughter of his first wife, the late actress and filmmaker Penny Marshall.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Born in China, she was adopted to the Bay Area and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Film Studies.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • But the hopes for a civilian transition did not last long—in October 2021 the civilian government was ousted by a coup led by SAF commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, again aided by Hemedti, who still led the RSF.
    Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • Barrasso’s whip operation on the war powers vote was aided by Vice President JD Vance, the top peace negotiator for Iran.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Volunteers assisted with a ground and air search that turned up nothing.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Popma also reportedly assisted in that inmate's early release from the prison, according to the indictment.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • The state alleges OpenAI has harmed children and general consumers and that ChatGPT may have aided and abetted the mass shooting at Florida State University last year.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • The compounding effects of high fuel costs along with the debt that helped finance the purchase and the upgrades to the planes accumulated quickly.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Karaban, 23, is a 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward who helped UConn win back-to-back NCAA championships in 2023 and 2024.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The commission hopes that this would enter force within weeks, once the EU’s 27 member countries have endorsed the plan.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has founded companies in the wellness and media landscape and professional boxer George Foreman endorsed a grill by the same name.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The subcommittee made a list of recommendations to improve and update the noise program, which the airport advisory committee approved in March and forwarded to county officials, Greening said.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026
  • If it was forwarded to you, sign up here.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • His campaign has also advocated for a free-market economic agenda, casting a smaller government, lower taxes, and resource extraction as the route to restoring order and growth.
    Ines Capdevila, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Many hawks advocated introducing ground troops, but doing so would have made matters much worse.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
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“Seconded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seconded. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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