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past tense of report

reported

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adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reported
Verb
  • Mary described her role as largely self-directed.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Making matters worse, nine in 10 Haitians go all day without eating in what has been described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These two head coaches met in 2023, when Vance Joseph’s defense recorded four turnovers as the Broncos upset the Bills in Orchard Park.
    Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Here the chants sound like they were recorded right in the emerald green backyard displayed on the album cover with Bad Bunny’s friends shouting back at him.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The idea that no one was born inherently superior, that status wasn’t tied to birth but to citizenship and shared rights, was a radical break in human history and a decisive rejection of Old World European ideology.
    Jared Nordlund, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025
  • But the shared meals, coffee breaks, and casual conversations that once brought people together had quietly disappeared.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • In August 1979, a Florida sheriff’s deputy told authorities that his wife fatally shot herself at their home south of Tampa.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Sources told Fox 8 that bomb-making materials were found at the rental property.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This morning’s must reads L.A.’s Rollin’ 60s Crips: The rise of a notorious gang and its reputed boss ‘Big U.’ The Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips have a reputation for violence, sometimes even against fellow members.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Even the reputed permabear who fears a debt crisis is coming believes the best option for the average investor is to simply buy and hold the S&P 500 for the long haul, adding to your position when the market falls.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • His latest book tells the story of a Lutheran priest in the early-20th-century American West who has transcribed the life of a vampire.
    Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some journalists basically transcribed this without questioning the obvious discrepancy between her statement and the CDC website, which said vaccines merely reduce the risk of transmission.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • According to published biographies, Townsel worked as an educator in the District of Columbia from 2008 until 2016, when he was appointed principal in the town of Southbridge, Mass.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
  • More than 1,500 images from around the world were submitted to the new competition, which offered a total of $10,000 in prize money and boasted six award categories, with the top 101 overall photographs receiving recognition in a published eBook.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Drought Severe to exceptional drought conditions were prevalent for much of south-central Texas when the downpours came, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2025
  • The most prevalent rumor had the Kings engaged in discussions with the Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors regarding a three-team sign-and-trade deal that would bring Kuminga to Sacramento along with Dennis Schroder.
    Jason Anderson July 5, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2025
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“Reported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reported. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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