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
  • An old tree stand, made of two boards nailed between two trees, overlooked the trail.
    — Rich LaRocco, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2026
  • If the point of a Halloween costume is to be unrecognizable, Madonna nailed the assignment.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of nailed
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  • Milla Jovovich took a moment to celebrate her oldest daughter, Ever Anderson, with a rare photo tribute posted to her Instagram account on November 2.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Ballots still were being counted, but Measure YV was losing, with 55% of voters in Culver City voting against it and 45% voting for it, according to early results posted by the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of posted
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  • On October 16, Congress promulgated a constitutional amendment ending Brazil’s traditional six-day workweek, gradually reducing the maximum workweek without cutting pay.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of promulgated
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  • The first said her husband had raped her and later threatened her with an acid attack, while a second woman told Channel 4 and CPL before broadcast about being allegedly raped by her husband.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There’s some clear compression going on that doesn’t leave my voice anywhere close to broadcast quality, but at least folks on the other end of a call won’t be trying to parse my voice from all the noises around me.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of broadcast
Verb
  • Their findings, published in Langmuir, could help address the challenges the industry faces with conventional liquid and gel propellants, including fuel movement inside tanks and pumping fuel into engines.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Perhaps most intriguingly, the researchers also saw signs that the rock had been exposed to water during its evolution, a find detailed in work published this summer in Science Advances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of published
Verb
  • Abrams announced this week a deluxe version of Daughter from Hell.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Active Sideguard Assist 3 is the newer system announced for Daimler's European-market vehicles, while North American Cascadias receive their own Detroit Assurance configuration.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of announced
Verb
  • Newsom recently proclaimed a state of emergency in September due to the El Niño, which some forecasters predict could be the strongest on record.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • After the election, armchair pundits and paid professionals proclaimed that Ronald Reagan had been right all along.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 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 7 Nov. 2026.

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