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tacked (up)

verb

past tense of tack (up)
as in nailed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacked (up)
  1. nailed
  2. posted
  3. promulgated
  4. broadcast
  5. published
  6. announced
  7. proclaimed
Verb
  • Bell technically nailed the run, but Tarantino pulled her aside.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Gross is nailed to start when fit, on penalties and is also on dead balls.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of nailed
Verb
  • Videos posted on social media Saturday showed streets inundated with water in New Jersey, and massive waves hitting the coast.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But Brian Stelter, the network’s media analyst, posted on X Friday that CNN had a pool assignment at the National Archives event and that the White House had approved the network’s credentials.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of posted
Verb
  • As promulgated last month, ballots must use envelopes with an election-mail logo that can to be scanned using high-speed processing equipment and contain a barcode unique to each voter.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Its former cadres scattered to new parties formed after the 1982 constitution was promulgated.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of promulgated
Verb
  • The chairman of NBCUniversal’s Television Studios, NBC Entertainment & Peacock Scripted, Igbokwe spent more than 35 years helping shape the medium of television across prestige cable, broadcast, studios and now streaming.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For context, consider that only four announcers in MLB history (led by Vin Scully’s 67 years with the Dodgers dating back to their Brooklyn days) have broadcast for the same team for at least 50 seasons.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of broadcast
Verb
  • The novel, which was never completed, was published in Russia in 1999, and will come out in English for the first time later this year.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The paper, published in the journal Advanced Science, reports a peak power density of about 47 mW/m² and stable electrical output over more than 30,000 operating cycles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of published
Verb
  • On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • VMAs 2026 Winners The Hollywood Reporter will update the Video Music Awards winners list as they’re announced live.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of announced
Verb
  • The Greek columns on its facade, south of downtown on the corner of Holman and Austin Streets, proclaimed the stability— the unimpeachable correctness—of one of the city’s most enduring institutions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Along with the statewide proclamation, the governor proclaimed emergencies in multiple counties that were hit hard by recent storms, including Santa Barbara County.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaimed
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“Tacked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacked%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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