wangled

verb

past tense of wangle
as in negotiated
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care wangled a way to get free tickets to the show

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Recent Examples of wangled The micro-budget indie (Sundance 2025) about a farm community recovering from wildfires had wangled a permit to shoot during the Actors Strike. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wangled
  1. negotiated
  2. arranged
  3. engineered
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  • Vandermeer is represented by Joe Veltre, senior partner and co-head of the Gersh Agency’s New York office, and attorney Alex Kohner at Yorn Levine, both of whom negotiated the deal.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • The deal was negotiated by Helen Parker for Universal Pictures Content Group and Avy Eschenasy for Bleecker Street.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 July 2026
Definition of negotiated
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  • Common decor items can become easily turn into visual clutter when not arranged with care.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
  • These icons—including symbols associated with hygiene, nature, science, sustainability, food, and culture—are arranged to form a large letter U, echoing the original corporate logo while also reflecting the company’s commitment to diversity.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026
Definition of arranged
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  • Now living in Maui, Feinstein and his team have engineered the world’s first mobile float facility to offer free float sessions to those traumatized by the island’s 2023 wildfires.
    — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Humanlike robotic dexterity The Mimic Hand M1 is a dexterous robotic hand engineered to match the versatility, strength, and precision of the human hand for industrial automation.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Definition of engineered

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