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shrimped

verb

past tense of shrimp
as in sealed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimped
  1. sealed
  2. harvested
  3. fished
  4. picked
  5. reaped
  6. accumulated
  7. gathered
  8. garnered
Verb
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of sealed
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  • Last year, Van Dina secured a permit and harvested a female adult bear in Collier County.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This could be born from insights harvested from statistical modeling.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of harvested
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  • The interview was filmed in Montana, where Newsom’s in-laws own a ranch, as Newsom and Tapper fly-fished together.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Ngy worked construction and fished in his free time, eventually burning out after too many layoffs and inconsistent work following the housing crash of 2008.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of fished
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  • With Balde out of favour and summer re-signing Joao Cancelo not yet fully up to speed, Flick has picked Espart at left-back for each of Barca’s opening five matches in La Liga.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Otosaka said the study stopped with 2023 data, but she's looked at measurements since and found the accelerating trend has picked back up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
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  • All three are allegedly part of Ghost Town, a notorious gang from West Oakland that made headlines last year for a brazen high-end robbery spree that reaped hundreds of thousands of dollars and left victims traumatized, according to court records.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The company reaped about $900 million with its initial public offering.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of reaped
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  • Delaware is the partial exception, exempting income accumulated for out-of-state beneficiaries, Teal said.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The forces of destruction accumulated through the Second World War.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of accumulated
Verb
  • Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Working closely with its wholesale technology team, Arc’teryx refined its order workflows, gathered feedback directly from dealers and observed the buying process to understand where retailers were encountering obstacles.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • Martinez first garnered widespread attention for his portrayal of Gael Martinez on Freeform’s Good Trouble.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But newcomer Widow’s Bay, which garnered 19 noms, seems to have the late-breaking momentum.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of garnered
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