volunteered

past tense of volunteer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of volunteered The relatively remote area where the plant is located is typically patrolled by smaller law enforcement departments, so other agencies have volunteered resources for support, a source told CNN. Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 Without the work of Garver engineers, who designed the memorial on their own time free of charge, and Kinco Constructors who volunteered to build it at cost, the project could have stalled, according to Tudor. Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2025 Several teeth and part of the girl’s jaw were discovered in February 2023 after a construction company volunteered to clean the sidewalks and beaches in the coastal town of Miyagi, and an employee located the remains, Asahi Shimbun and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 The author also volunteered as a Torrey Pines State Reserve docent for four years in the 1980s. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025 Robert Keeter, a Lowe’s maintenance associate, volunteered to check the traps throughout the night. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Speech and physical therapists came in and out but most of the mothers volunteered one day a week. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 McOsker has been a valuable resource for the Patrollers, and his wife has volunteered with the group. Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025 Kershaw saw the writing on the wall over the season’s final week and volunteered himself to be available in relief. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteered
Verb
  • Along with father Pedro Martin, Martin donated the Freedom Tower building to Miami Dade College 20 years ago, and his family foundation pays the charitable arm of the Miami Herald to fund some of the news organization’s environmental journalism.
    Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Good works Northgate González Market donated more than 300 care packages during a recent visit to children battling cancer at Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Whatever fragile political system existed in Gaza has collapsed, along with the institutions that once gave public life its structure.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Apple only gave him a gold bar valued at possibly $1 million.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jody García contributed reporting from Guatemala City.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fox News' Nick Rojas contributed to this report.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Thompson’s technique and pace lived up to the hype when the club-record signing was presented to fans on the WSL opening day last month.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These ideas are laid out early in the first act, when an encounter between a policeman, Olim, and a fruit-stand thief, Severin, is presented to the audience.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, investors let out a sigh of relief when management left the full-year outlook unchanged and provided a fourth-quarter NII guide that was above the Street.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Enquirer media partner Fox 19 provided this report.
    Brenda Ordonez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Volunteered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteered. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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