throned

past tense of throne

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throned
Verb
  • Its new Detroit-style pizza, a customizable slab for one, has been crowned the Domino, the first pie in the chain’s 65-year history to assume the company name.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And right after the Chiefs were crowned Super Bowl champs, the family of four visited Disneyland and posed for this classic shot in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And yet, almost as soon as he was anointed an official Hollywood liaison to the White House, the actor quickly started doing some serious diplomacy.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Yet for all that, the peasants still believe in their king, in the idea of a monarch who’s been anointed by God to rule (justly) over them.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The delay again has created a potential cash crunch for districts during the wait for their cut — often a main revenue source for local governments — and added to the pile of complaints about the county’s decade-long property tax system upgrade.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Bees take advantage of vegetation and openings in forest canopies created by disturbances such as disease, storms, wind, beavers and fire.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The King’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, is also expected to be consecrated during the ceremony.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Still, there were only eight African Anglican clergy in Kenya by 1920, and the first Kenyan bishops would not be consecrated until 1955.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
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“Throned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throned. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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