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verb

past tense of share
as in participated
to take a share or part everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits

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Recent Examples of shared
Adjective
Still, plenty of opportunities for shared listening remained. Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025 Over the last decade, more people and companies use tools that depend on shared power. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Wilkins and Crick, and Franklin only received proper credit for her contribution much later. David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2025 Men and women shared their observations. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shared
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shared
Adjective
  • His win shows a collective institutional political fatigue, and inspires hope, in a particularly dark time, that there is new light and new solutions to be found in American politics beyond the binary confines of institutional Democrats.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Many of the members of the collective Creators for Zohran, a group aimed at getting Mamdani elected, are working New Yorkers, not full-time influencers.
    Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Awards were voted on by the attending audience of TAFFF, members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, a jury of entertainment professionals and students who participated in the TAFFF High School Screenings Program.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Nick — along with celebrities like Mindy Kaling and Gwyneth Paltrow — participated in a $30 million Series B funding round for the popular soda line Olipop in 2022.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Since 2019, California has partnered with jurisdictions in 28 countries—touching more than a quarter of the world’s population, with a combined GDP in the tens of trillions of dollars—to cut greenhouse gases, enhance climate resilience and develop clean energy.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The combined company will have a huge stable of household brands under one roof, putting Kenvue’s Listerine mouthwash and Band-Aid side-by-side with Kimberly-Clark’s Cottonelle toilet paper, Huggies and Kleenex tissues.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • With this conversion, the company has an opportunity to have a real, collaborative, and productive board.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Additionally, actor Omari Hardwick and singer Anthony Hamilton are nominated for their collaborative project Pages in the best spoken word category.
    Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • This joint autonomous trucking solution also integrates NVIDIA's DRIVE AGX Thor and Hyperion 10 architecture.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The trio issued a joint statement supporting Lively shortly after the actress filed her civil rights complaint against Baldoni in December 2024.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • What seems to make Jennifer and Jim’s relationship work is its balance of normalcy and mutual respect.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The two bonded over their mutual love for Atlanta and its vibrant culture before Trae and Quavo faced off in a friendly yet competitive game of HORSE on the basketball court.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The news of KitKat’s tragic death has sparked communal grief and outrage as locals weigh in on the safety of autonomous vehicles.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Indoor dining with communal seating options.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Shared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shared. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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