Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plighted
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On Monday, the company promised huge upgrades after acquiring radio spectrum for BoostMobile’s parent, EchoStar, in a $17 billion deal to bolster the satellite network’s throughput.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Undergraduate institutions have long promised America’s young people opportunities to learn in cloistered conditions that are deliberately curated, anachronistic, and unrepresentative of work and life outside the quad.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Beijing has repeatedly vowed to bring the island democracy under its control—by force if necessary.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rodgers swore his 21st NFL opener overall and 18th as a starter was no different than any preceding it.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Anto, a Parisian cop of Corsican origin, swore as a child to his brother – killed in a vendetta – to break the cycle of vengeance that has plagued their family for generations.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Plighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plighted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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