trended

past tense of trend
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as in tended
to show a liking or proneness (for something) during the winter our school system trends toward canceling school at the drop of a hat—or at least a snowflake

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Recent Examples of trended Tracking predictions for the film’s debut have steadily trended downward and settled between $15 million and $19 million. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The 22-year-old has trended very encouragingly since being selected in the second round in 2022. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 But Goldman Sachs said retail investors’ share of S&P 500 trading volume has trended down from its peak nearly a year ago. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of the US economy, has trended lower in recent months as the boost from bigger tax returns faded and higher energy costs took a bite out of people’s paychecks. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Interest rates generally trended lower for nearly four decades. — Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The demand for cross-border retail options has increased as the number of people studying abroad has trended upward, with studies showing a 6% increase in study abroad students between 2023 and 2024. — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 Yet, since 1999, when the pest control programs started, state funding has trended downward, state figures show. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Cool-girl labels like The Row, Proenza Schouler, and Fforme have all released their takes on the heelless silhouette, and the effect is gorgeous—a luxe, eye-catching update to the sock boots that trended a decade ago. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trended
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  • Over millions and billions of years, the drag from a star’s magnetic field slows its rotation, and in fact, the astronomers found that stars with stronger magnetism tended to rotate more slowly.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Besides all the visual stimulation, those warehouses and defunct factories also made for excellent studio spaces, and while there wasn’t much housing other than the NYCHA projects, apartments tended to be cheap and spacious, if a bit rundown.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The signature curved heel from the designer’s Larroudé past collections returns, but this time also in a kitten heel iteration.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • Rush’s musical complexity leaned towards proggy adventures with time signatures and song structure, while Steely Dan were more inclined to wedge wild stacks of jazz chords into pop songs.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time maximalism has had a moment; 1970s style leaned that way, too.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • Panic swept through the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia this weekend following the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Record heat swept much of the continent, leading to tens of thousands of excess deaths.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • Napa leather linings, a cabochon clasp inlaid with white mother-of-pearl, and interchangeable silk tassels available in 12 colors to encourage customers’ personalization rounded out the style.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Wells ran through the stop sign of third-base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.
    — Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Trended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trended. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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