throned

verb

past tense of throne
as in crowned

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  1. crowned
  2. anointed
  3. created
  4. consecrated
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  • Who will be crowned this year’s winner and take home a life-changing cash prize?
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Mills was crowned the winner and the teammates hugged out their differences.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowned
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  • After Giannoulias leapt into the mayoral fray, some city media folks anointed him the front-runner.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And in one of the most touching scenes in the Gospel, Jesus is anointed with oil by a woman in Mark 13-14.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of anointed
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  • Amaya joined DePaul in October 2022 and, according to her lawsuit, created and oversaw the athletic department’s mental health education programming.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the loudest opposing voices are creatives, who see the products being created by AI companies as something threatening to their own practice and to the world at-large.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of created
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  • 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
  • The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of consecrated
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