truanted

past tense of truant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for truanted
Verb
  • Gatlin paid an Atlanta audiovisual contractor $2 million, who then kicked back $1 million to her, according to court records.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Everything froze in time until the ball crashed against the foul pole and kicked back into the playing field, making the stadium sound like the old place across the street sounded in the dynastic nineties.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And in Michigan, Cliffs owns and operates the Tilden Mine near Ishpeming and the adjacent Empire Mine, which has been idled since 2016.
    Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In practice, though, the production rate fell well below the ceiling last year as the company contended with investigations and a machinists’ strike that idled factories for almost eight weeks.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Truanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truanted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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