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as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
willingly suffered hardships so that their children would have a better life
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as in grieved
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
the husband suffered deeply at the mere suggestion that he had been unfaithful
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as in permitted
to give permission for or to approve of
contends that the death penalty is something that no civilized society should suffer
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as in allowed
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
I will not suffer you to insult me so!
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Recent Examples of suffered
Eight students and the Suburban's driver reportedly suffered injuries in the crash that were not life-threatening.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Supporters of the Cougars and Red Raiders have united behind Texas Tech’s official barber, Ivan Ortiz, and his wife, Maddie Ortiz, after Maddie suffered severe injuries in a recent car crash.
—Sam Jane, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2025
The interview comes as Republicans suffered double-digit, statewide losses in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, while New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won his race by focusing on the issue of lowering costs.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Republicans suffered huge losses not only in high-stakes races, such as those in Virginia and New Jersey, but also in the special elections in Mississippi, where Democrats gained two state Senate seats and one state House seat.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Just last week, Jayden Daniels, Luke McCaffrey and Marshon Lattimore all suffered serious injuries in the loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
—Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
In addition to her legal troubles, Aileen also suffered from mental health struggles and reportedly attempted suicide six times, from the ages of 14 to 22.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The new online encyclopedia, which suffered technical difficulties upon launch, uses xAI’s Grok large language model to pull information and supposedly prioritize objectivity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Blunt’s son is not the only person in her family who has suffered.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Supporters of the Cougars and Red Raiders have united behind Texas Tech’s official barber, Ivan Ortiz, and his wife, Maddie Ortiz, after Maddie suffered severe injuries in a recent car crash.
—Sam Jane, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2025
The interview comes as Republicans suffered double-digit, statewide losses in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, while New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won his race by focusing on the issue of lowering costs.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Republicans suffered huge losses not only in high-stakes races, such as those in Virginia and New Jersey, but also in the special elections in Mississippi, where Democrats gained two state Senate seats and one state House seat.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Just last week, Jayden Daniels, Luke McCaffrey and Marshon Lattimore all suffered serious injuries in the loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
—Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
In addition to her legal troubles, Aileen also suffered from mental health struggles and reportedly attempted suicide six times, from the ages of 14 to 22.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The new online encyclopedia, which suffered technical difficulties upon launch, uses xAI’s Grok large language model to pull information and supposedly prioritize objectivity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Blunt’s son is not the only person in her family who has suffered.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffered
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That’s eight losses in four years — only one more than Flagg has experienced in 2½ weeks of playing in the NBA.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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As for the safety of the drug, about 10% of the adults taking enlicitide experienced serious adverse events during the study and a similar share, about 12%, of those taking a placebo experienced adverse events in the study.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Users of both Replika and GPT-4o, an older model offered within ChatGPT, have grieved when technical changes caused their bots to lose memories or otherwise shift their behavior.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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The sentiment was echoed across social media, as many grieved the loss of a long-operating part of American amusement park history.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Nov. 2025
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Unlike her previous detention, when she was permitted to reside at home and allowed some communication with family, she is now imprisoned in an unknown location.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Entrance will not be permitted if guests are wearing athleticwear, beachwear, T-shirts, hoodies, ripped jeans or hats.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The company count included insiders like Musk, who held around a 15% stake in Tesla going into the proxy and was allowed to vote his shares.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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After the couple handed Clarkson a paper with their vows and requested her to read it, the three-time Grammy Award winner joked that she wasn’t officially allowed to officiate.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Efforts to compete with Amazon during its ascent in the 2010s had department stores playing catchup on supply chain prowess and integrating stores with e-commerce—sometimes to the detriment of in-store experience.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the political tensions inevitably had an impact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Brady mourned the loss of Lua, which came just a year after his public divorce from wife and supermodel Gisele Bundchen.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Ladd mourned her husband's death by posting a screenshot from The Hollywood Reporter story that announced the news.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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In clinical trials, maca root has been described as safe and generally well-tolerated.—
Ashley Abramson,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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Let this be a warning that no attack on the exercise of religion — regardless of faith — will be tolerated in the Western District of Kentucky.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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That patient underwent surgery to have a chip implanted and a computer voice created.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Suffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffered. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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