taped

verb

past tense of tape
as in wired

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Recent Examples of taped The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026 When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker. — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026 Baseboards, trim, and any objects, like light switches, should be taped off with painters tape. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026 The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taped
  1. lashed
  2. bandaged
  3. chained
  4. shackled
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  • When the gales of November came early, as the song goes, large waves and intense wind lashed the ship on her final voyage.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Heavy rains lashed the Gaza Strip, flooding tents and intensifying the misery of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of lashed
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  • Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of bandaged
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  • The company also shared that Mythos chained four different vulnerabilities together to create a more complex exploit.
    — Lee Rossey, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some models chained vulnerabilities together to escape virtual machines.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of chained
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  • Lawani, a native of Nigeria, was shackled at the ankles, waist and hands and later moved through four facilities, according to the New York Times.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Eventually, Hensel, shackled and in an Orange County Jail jumpsuit, did speak.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of shackled

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“Taped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taped. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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