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as in restored
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place
when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
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as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready
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as in reverted
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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Recent Examples of returned
After Rogen gave a short and seemingly improvised speech, Bargatze returned for a brief monologue.
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Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
My mother regularly intercepted the packages, returned the items, and used the money to buy food for our family.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Uriah Heep In the Criterion Edition DVD commentary for This Is Spinal Tap, Shearer mentioned that the film’s keyboard player, John Sinclair, had recently returned from touring with Uriah Heep just as principal photography was set to begin.
—Alex Heigl, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Alex Cobb never returned from his hip issues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
MicahJo Barnett rushed for 150 yards on 10 carries with two TDs for William Jewell, and Keagan Hart returned an interception for a 65-yard touchdown.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
For her performance about an hour later, Gaga returned on video from MSG and in the middle of the red and black motif that signals the opening of her Mayhem Ball tour.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
My mother regularly intercepted the packages, returned the items, and used the money to buy food for our family.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Uriah Heep In the Criterion Edition DVD commentary for This Is Spinal Tap, Shearer mentioned that the film’s keyboard player, John Sinclair, had recently returned from touring with Uriah Heep just as principal photography was set to begin.
—Alex Heigl, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Alex Cobb never returned from his hip issues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
MicahJo Barnett rushed for 150 yards on 10 carries with two TDs for William Jewell, and Keagan Hart returned an interception for a 65-yard touchdown.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
For her performance about an hour later, Gaga returned on video from MSG and in the middle of the red and black motif that signals the opening of her Mayhem Ball tour.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for returned
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the least bad, the researchers assumed the funding cuts lasted just 90 days and would then be fully restored, with countries back to baseline within three months.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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But perhaps the most frustrating aspect of a return to the Championship that has yielded just four points from five games is that Wrexham are carrying a threat in attack.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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This campaign against the legislation has not yielded any immediate results.—
Owen Tedford,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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According to the United Nations Environment Program, nations responded through the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Game wardens responded to the scene and fatally shot the animal, officials said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the patch notes include a ton of AI changes, some balance changes for the hardcore wipe, which is still proving controversial despite a lot of the most egregious changes being reverted already, and a big list of bug fixes.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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It’s been a long road, but one that has provided him with a chance to remain at the MLB level — and to pitch in the biggest games.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Days after the hearing, the leader of the Pentagon's office to investigate UFOs provided testimony of his own refuting some of the claims.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Others would call it emotionally manipulative, particularly considering Belly hasn’t yet replied to any of his letters.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bovee replied in an emotional Instagram video.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The rise of low-cost airlines like Ryanair and easyJet, along with the widespread adoption of the internet and operators like Airbnb, gave consumers the confidence to book their own flights and accommodation and create their own trips.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Neidorff and his wife donated an additional $124,000 to Newsom’s 2022 reelection campaign while Centene itself gave Newsom $32,400.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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But crunch time in the fourth quarter, with the Vikings down 17-6, McCarthy answered the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means initial calls are getting answered faster, but there are significantly fewer staff members available to handle complex, in-person cases.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Returned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/returned. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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