shrugged

verb

past tense of shrug
as in nodded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrugged
  1. nodded
  2. flourished
  3. informed
  4. acquainted
  5. told
  6. signed
  7. related
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  • Messi’s pass just cleared the leaping Stones, then dipped to Martínez, who nodded it home.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • While promoting The Odyssey in cities including Paris, London, and New York, the Emmy-winning Euphoria star stepped out in nearly a dozen different outfits that nodded to her role as Greek goddess Athena in the adaptation of Homer’s epic poem.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of nodded
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  • The Villa Balbi, a palazzo hotel, still flies the flag of the Republic of Genoa, where its long-ago owners, the aristocratic Brignoles and Balbis, flourished and generated a number of the city’s doges.
    — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Neanderthals flourished across Eurasia for more than 300,000 years before the arrival of anatomically modern humans, only to vanish after just a few thousand years of coexistence.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of flourished
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  • The sign at the entrance of a co-working space that informed guests they weren’t allowed to bring in their gun.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Leaders need visibility into actions AI systems take, including what data, context and reasoning informed those actions.
    — Dave Link, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of informed
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  • Once they were acquainted, Hermann made a move to take their relationship off set and invited Hargitay to attend church with him.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • The cocktail is a fantastic way to get acquainted with Fernet Branca, and who knows?
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
Definition of acquainted
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  • Documents said that same day, someone from the foster home told the original Pembroke Pines Police Department investigating officer Goldbourne was planning to come back and meet with another underage girl.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Gerardo Salcedo, the son of the business owner, told ABC7 that investigators had obtained surveillance video that showed a man on a bicycle putting a bottle through the mail slot minutes before the fire ignited.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of told
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  • The 29-year-old signed with San Francisco in free agency on a one-year, $12-million contract.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • The Braves have reportedly signed most of their 2026 MLB Draft picks.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of signed
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  • The current wind shear behavior is matching up closely enough with what’s expected from El Niño that the two are likely related, according to Matthew Rosencrans, a meteorologist with NOAA.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • The agency notes this is one large cluster that is epidemiologically related.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of related
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