appertained

past tense of appertain
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as in belonged
to be the property of a person or group of persons the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States

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Verb
  • According to the release, an autopsy will be conducted, and DNA results are pending to identify to whom the remains belonged.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • For both the collector and the curator, there was never any doubt where that exhibition belonged.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • What’s In The Release Apple’s release notes specify that the content is all security-related.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Fable 5 included guardrails that prevented the AI system from assisting with a wide range of cybersecurity- and biology-related tasks.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Mickelson was one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour before his controversial move to LIV and comments about his Saudi backers, and his career survived some unsavory headlines, several of which pertained to gambling.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • While that ruling pertained only to admissions, the administration last winter notified schools that any differential consideration based on race was unconstitutional.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Council members chose to open a public application to find her successor, and more than 110 people applied for the job.
    Mary Ramsey Updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • Adams and her dad applied pressure on the neck wound with beach towels.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources referred all inquiries to the City of Lake Geneva Police Department.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • But the conservative opposition Liberal Party and minor Australian Greens party referred the draft legislation Thursday to an eight-week Senate inquiry.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
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“Appertained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appertained. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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