seconded

past tense of second

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Verb
  • The company also faces stiff competition from Anthropic and OpenAI, whose chatbots have been more widely adopted by consumers and enterprise customers than xAI’s Grok.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • Reisberg had never adopted a dog before.
    Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • But Zohn’s story as a true survivor was only getting started, as he was diagnosed twice with CD20+ Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, requiring two stem cell transplants and requiring two long, slow recovery periods — recovery periods the reality star says were greatly aided by the use of medicinal cannabis.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • The first three batters reached, aided by a Rockies throwing error, to load the bases with nobody out.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Upon arrival, officers found the 2-year-old boy, who was being assisted by paramedics.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Animal Friends of the Valleys, a nonprofit animal shelter, assisted police at the scene.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • As is Takal, clearly having fun with the film’s queasy, lurching atmospherics, abetted by the sparse, shivery, atonal chimes of Jonathan Goldsmith’s score, and the floating, disembodied feel of Robert Leitzell’s camerawork.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026
  • Microsoft, which invested in OpenAI as early as 2019, was also named as a defendant in the suit, with Musk claiming the software giant aided and abetted the AI startup in its alleged breach of charitable trust.
    Jeffrey Kopp,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The up-tempo, run-and-gun offense made the team Hollywood stars, helped furnish The Forum with five championship banners and pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the top of the all-time scoring list.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Within two years, however, Brind’Amour had helped lead them to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • He was endorsed by the Yolo County Democratic Party, Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez and all five city council members in both Woodland and Davis.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • China is one of a small number of countries to have endorsed Myanmar's recent election conducted by the military junta that carried out the 2021 coup, a vote that most Western countries and human rights groups have dismissed as a sham.
    Wai Moe, NPR, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Jrue Holiday was sent in the Lillard deal from the Bucks to the Trail Blazers, then was forwarded to the Boston Celtics, amid Heat overtures for Holiday.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • California Highway Patrol officers responded and made a report, but it wasn't forwarded to the DA's Office for charges.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Michael Coard is a lawyer and activist who advocated for the exhibit's creation.
    Henry Larson, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • Lesley Manville advocated for greater opportunities.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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“Seconded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seconded. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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