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anchored

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verb

past tense of anchor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchored
Verb
  • While the brooches Queen Camilla fastened to her coat collar held significant sentimental value, the color of her ensemble also featured a certain sartorial message.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The vibrant red cardigan is fastened with a stylish five-button closure, combining charm and elegance in one piece.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The biggest gap came in the number of undrafted players who landed NHL contracts.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Hamill’s column landed on newsstands hours before Carter began his appearance in front of the General Assembly.
    Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Titans secured the top overall selection in the 2025 NFL draft after two events took place on Sunday.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Perfect day for Evans, Bucs The division title had been clinched, the playoff spot secured.
    Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Bondholders can benefit from the dynamic of an appreciating scarce asset, a proposition that resembles an embedded derivative.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In this gallery, Robert L. Cunningham, who served on over 100 missions as an embedded photographer with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, shows us the more personal side of combat with photos drawn from his book, Afghanistan on the Bounce, featuring text by Steven Hartov.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2016
Verb
  • He was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, a battleship moored at Pearl Harbor, in 1941.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As Russian sailors dove for cover, one of the Aeroprakt A-22s—apparently operated by the Ukrainian intelligence directorate—plowed into a clutch of warships moored side-by-side along a pier.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Yet advocates say bonded labor is still rampant in the sugar industry, as recent incidents in Maharashtra have shown.
    Haziq Qadri, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2023
  • Its bonded and riveted aluminum chassis features a suspension that doesn't crack teeth even in its firmest setting.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
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“Anchored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchored. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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