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as in misrepresented
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything
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as in slept
to be sexually unfaithful
he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him
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as in disappointed
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again
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as in stung
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings
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Recent Examples of cheated
McMann hunted, but never cheated, for offence.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Those very few still alive believe to this day that they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Every town has its nostalgic spots—ice cream shops, deli counters, old-school diners—that seem to have cheated time.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
Though no proof Naroditsky cheated has ever been produced, a small faction of others started raising questions about his play, too, and Kramnik continued broadcasting questions about Naroditsky.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s hard, especially after getting cheated.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Those very few still alive believe to this day that they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Every town has its nostalgic spots—ice cream shops, deli counters, old-school diners—that seem to have cheated time.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
Though no proof Naroditsky cheated has ever been produced, a small faction of others started raising questions about his play, too, and Kramnik continued broadcasting questions about Naroditsky.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s hard, especially after getting cheated.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheated
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Wang also misrepresented herself as holding current aesthetician, massage therapist and hair salon licenses on a loan application to the American Lending Center, the DA's office said.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Too often, the contributions of African Americans have been minimized, misrepresented, or erased altogether.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2026
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The monks slept under the trees and ate one meal per day.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Turpins usually slept all day and were awake through the night.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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As the date of the appointment drew near, Elliott told the agency she was disappointed that the couple hadn’t been in touch.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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However, there will be some warning bells following the sharp sell-off in Novo Nordisk's shares, after the Danish pharmaceutical rival disappointed investors with its sales projections.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The loss certainly stung for Maye.—
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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One pocket of tech that has faced a lot of pressure have been software firms, with the shares of companies like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow all stung the last six months, as Reuters reports, because of rising fears that AI could disrupt their business models.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said the data was distorted by the timing of the Lunar New Year, which falls in mid-February this year after taking place in January last year.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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The regulatory asymmetry distorted competition and made Verizon’s devices uniquely attractive to criminals.—
Roslyn Layton,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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His attacker, the man in black, was hustled off the stage.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the lights came up, Taylor had already been hustled out, as had Arnaud.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Surprisingly, among the more than 1,000 recipes published in the past 25 years of columns and cookbooks, a true, crisp and delicious almond cookie recipe had evaded me until now.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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After the fall of Tripoli, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi evaded capture for several months before being detained in November 2011 by a militia in the western Libyan city of Zintan.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Over at Azur on Luminara, the menu reinvents itself every two days to mirror the port of call, like someone plucked the best taverna dishes off the coast and casually plated them in front of you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is ideal for decades of sliding across the ice, because bigger mineral grains are more likely to get plucked out by the ice, leaving holes in the surface that could cause unpredictable behavior.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheated. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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