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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
  • The Jayhawks, in fact, on Sunday recorded the largest margin of victory by a road team in Big 12 Conference history.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This marked their second stay in a single month, each time including multiple meals in the host couple’s home without any shared effort or consideration.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 25 July 2025
  • Generator has 17 upscale hostels in cities such as Dublin, Venice and London, that offer private or shared rooms, concierge service, Wi-Fi, restaurants and bars at prices lower than those of traditional hotels.
    Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 25 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
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Last spring the company’s 16 remaining stores abruptly closed after Outdoor Voices reportedly stopped paying a number of its vendors and neglected to pay rent on some of the stores for months, according to published reports.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
  • According to published reports, Ellison has explored purchasing The Free Press, a flourishing news site founded by Bari Weiss perhaps best known for a former NPR editor’s study of liberal bias in public broadcasting.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Prices were high, rentals were prevalent, and the 2025 trade deadline passed with a record 36 deals – including unexpected stunners for Carlos Correa, Mason Miller, and the Rogers twins.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • As Dan at Casual Optimist pointed out, peephole eyes are weirdly prevalent this month.
    Emily Temple July 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
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“Reported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reported. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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