towered

past tense of tower

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for towered
Verb
  • In August, car insurance rose by the smallest annual rate in three years – but that still amounted to a hefty near-5% jump, well above the overall inflation rate.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • New Jerseyans’ electricity rates rose roughly 20% at the start of June as a result of price-setting capacity auctions—the market where power producers are paid to guarantee future supply.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sales of non-strategic cards and collectible stickers climbed by $565 million, or 156%, to $925 million in the same period, Circana said.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In hot spots like Mission Bay, near OpenAI’s headquarters, rents climbed 13% recently.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb sidelined with a high-ankle sprain for the last three games, Dallas Cowboys newcomer George Pickens has ascended to the top of the team's leaderboard in receiving.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Daredevil, aka the blind lawyer Matt Murdock, faced off against Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, who ascended to mayor of New York City.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The largest ever mounted on a warship, each gun could fire 3,200-pound (1,460 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 kilometers).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the Mariners, the only MLB franchise to have never reached the World Series, cracked as the pressure mounted late in the series.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere, the details lifted from the book suffer in translation – Branagh’s Victor is appropriately arrogant but not adequately tortured; De Niro’s Monster is sensitive and intuitive, but drowns in the film’s hurried, hollow second half.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The advisory was lifted Monday morning.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At Target, for instance, the category’s sales have soared nearly 70% year-to-date and are expected to top $1 billion in annual revenue.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The prices of vegetables, oil, and flour have soared since the war began.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From the start, Yukitoshi Arai told CNN, Takaichi aspired to be like Margaret Thatcher.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But to many, this now seems like the promise of another era, and an idea even America’s leaders believe needs to be mourned or revived, rather than celebrated or aspired to in our time.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The bribery and money laundering charges against Smartmatic arose from an existing case filed last year against some of its current and former executives, including its founder.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Oud-Heverlee Leuven’s first goal in their 2-1 win over FC Twente on Wednesday arose from a penalty given after review for handball; Leuven’s players appealed at the time, and replays showed a clear handball.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Towered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towered. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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