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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  • Ecca Vandal is crowned winner of the 22nd annual Australian Music Prize for her sophomore album, Looking for People to Unfollow (via Loma Vista Recordings).
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Becerra’s campaign leaned into his milquetoast persona and crowned him Tío Xavier — Uncle Xavier — to market him as a non-threatening moderate who happened to be Latino.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of crowned
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  • With her long-percolating followup LP, plaudits came from Zane Lowe, and Spotify’s international editorial team, which anointed her as one of the streaming giant’s Artists To Watch 2026.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Chinese Restaurant Awards had anointed our destination, Jiangnan Wok, the Best New Restaurant in 2024.
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of anointed
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  • So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of created
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  • It was consecrated by James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, young Black and Jewish men murdered together in 1964 for their work to register Black voters.
    — Seth Limmer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In Sugar Land, Texas, a 90-foot statue of the deity Hanuman, consecrated in 2024 at a temple complex, continues to draw disparaging comments, including one YouTube personality who recently urged its demolition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of consecrated
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