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as in penetrated
to go or come in or into
the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution
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as in joined
to become a member of
patriotic young men and women entering the armed services debutantes entering society
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as in recorded
to put (someone or something) on a list
new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database
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as in received
to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to
the club enters only five new members a year
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Recent Examples of entered
Familiar with the building thanks to her father’s role there, the young woman went up to the second floor and entered one of the rooms.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Dodds and Mouat, who entered the field as favorites, shook hands with the Wrana siblings with one end still to play.
—Julia Frankel, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
Bad Bunny entered through a field of sugar cane and farmers at work, a football in the crook of his arm.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
The win pushed Brooklyn to 15-37, gave it consecutive victories after a three-game skid and came on a night the team entered 0-6 without Dëmin.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
In its first fall 2025 season, the brand entered about 15 wholesale accounts.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Finrock has entered into many cosplay contests, creating costumes of Doctor Who characters, the Muppets and other fandoms.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
An official with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told WJZ-TV that Martinez-Carrada entered the country illegally four separate times before her arrest on January 3 in Salisbury, Wicomico County.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The idea that Heathcliff might be of African descent first entered academic discussion in the 1950s and gained momentum as postcolonial studies became more popular in the ’80s and ’90s.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Dodds and Mouat, who entered the field as favorites, shook hands with the Wrana siblings with one end still to play.
—Julia Frankel, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
Bad Bunny entered through a field of sugar cane and farmers at work, a football in the crook of his arm.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
The win pushed Brooklyn to 15-37, gave it consecutive victories after a three-game skid and came on a night the team entered 0-6 without Dëmin.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
In its first fall 2025 season, the brand entered about 15 wholesale accounts.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Finrock has entered into many cosplay contests, creating costumes of Doctor Who characters, the Muppets and other fandoms.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
An official with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told WJZ-TV that Martinez-Carrada entered the country illegally four separate times before her arrest on January 3 in Salisbury, Wicomico County.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The idea that Heathcliff might be of African descent first entered academic discussion in the 1950s and gained momentum as postcolonial studies became more popular in the ’80s and ’90s.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entered
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New groups have sprouted, and protests have penetrated formerly docile suburbs.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Bane similarly penetrated the paint and scored a team-high 14 points before the break, ending with 20-plus points for the 26th time in a Magic uniform.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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That balance of a decades-old history and a new brand’s need to establish itself in its own right shapes the leadership challenge facing Strazik, who joined GE in 2000 when it was still led by Jack Welch, one of the defining — and most debated — business leaders of the 20th century.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Ortiz allegedly joined the scheme in June 2025.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In Europe, software companies suffered, including Dassault Systemes which saw its share post the biggest ever one-day drop, and RELX, a British analytics group which recorded its worst session decline since 1988.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Marte is a switch-hitting second baseman who has recorded three consecutive 25-homer seasons, including a career-high 36 in 2024.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Last year, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received more than 3,000 reports involving sadistic online exploitation, a 130% increase over the year prior, said Lauren Coffren, an executive director with the center.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Health officials urged anyone who was exposed and never received a measles-containing vaccine to contact their health care provider or DC Health and watch for symptoms for at least 21 days after their exposure.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Forward Keshad Johnson and center Vlad Goldin rejoined the Heat on Wednesday following their assignment to the G League Sioux Falls Skyforce.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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Phommasan, abbot of a temple in Snellville, Georgia, rejoined the monks near Washington and entered American University's arena in a wheelchair.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The names listed are of those who reported a burglary and the dates are when the crime is believed to have taken place.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Roughly 95% of the hundreds of thousands of cases filed in 2024 were believed to be runaways and only 1% were listed as abducted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Williams introduces us to a woman who is pierced by the clarity of her vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Raha was one of them, killed by a bullet that pierced her lungs.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Entered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entered. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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