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 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 Still, California home insurance premiums have trended below the national average for decades. — Ava Hu, Los Angeles Times, 10 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 The Chiefs haven’t adapted as defenses have trended toward two deep safeties and light boxes. — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 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
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  • According to people who grew close with him later, as well as his own mother, his parents rarely tended to him.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In addition, the museum’s curators tended to be specialized in material culture — collecting and studying the museum’s several million objects and artifacts — rather than in conceptual storytelling.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Chase Meidroth hit a long fly down the left-field line that curved foul during a third-inning at-bat Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In a new paper published in Royal Society Open Science, mathematician Alain Goriely shows that even though the stylobate really is curved, the illusion doesn’t hold up.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • Halas leaned into the new job with zeal, using his earlier barnstorming connections to both recruit and coach players, while organizing a makeshift league called the American Professional Football Association.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Behind her, a shotski — a prop for communal shot-taking popular on college campuses — leaned against a wall in the corner.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Lots of layers frame the face, and curtain bangs can be easily swept to the side.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Nepal is recovering from devastating flooding in August that swept several villages, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and nearly 6,000 others missing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
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  • But Kyle Isbel rounded out the bottom of the order with a 2-run blooper to left to give the Royals a 2-1 lead.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Huntington, West Virginia; Shreveport, Louisiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Brownsville, Texas, rounded out the bottom five.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Trended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trended. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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