towered

past tense of tower

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for towered
Verb
  • Major stock indexes rose Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a record, securing themselves a positive month.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe following a mixed finish in Asia.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After declining in 2023-24 from the highs of the 2022-23 academic year, the percentage of principals and superintendents who left their districts climbed back up last school year.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ahead of us was another staircase, this one stone, which climbed up the front of the tallest of the three pyramids around the plaza.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the outlet, Princess Kate had ascended the stairs for a closer look at the cockpit and appeared to assure her guide that her shoes wouldn't stop her.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That group still reports to Hron, who ascended to the CTO role in July 2024.
    John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities claimed Sanford crashed his pickup truck, mounted with two American flags, into the church, got out, and began shooting with an assault rifle, KUTV reported.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • After Philadelphia took a 24-6 lead into halftime, Tampa Bay mounted a comeback, but the Eagles’ defense came through late to win 31-25 in triple-digit temperatures.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The initial launch will aim for speeds near Mach 2, but project officials say later versions could reach Mach 4 or even Mach 5, the lower edge of true hypersonic velocity, once range restrictions are lifted.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Near the climax of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics—a living diorama of British history, directed by the filmmaker Danny Boyle—a model house was lifted away to reveal Berners-Lee.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What Kentucky House Bill 90 does Freestanding birthing centers, which have soared in popularity around the country in recent years, are separate from hospitals, providing a midwifery model of care with a focus on labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Reuters reported that membership in the GenZ 212, which derived its name from Morocco’s area code, has soared in recent days—jumping from 3,000 last week to 130,000 on Thursday.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ability to criticize, question, protest, and even mock those in power is foundational to what America has always aspired to be.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The ability to criticize, question, protest, and even mock those in power is foundational to what America has always aspired to be.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The state argued incidents that arose from the ICE facility protests in recent months have been handled by local law enforcement and have not been severe enough to be considered a riot or rebellion.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The controversy surrounding Tilly arose when her creator said a number of agents were interested in representing her.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Towered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towered. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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