as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media
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Recent Examples of scouted
Granato has coached, scouted and served as an executive at all levels of hockey.
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Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
And now, on June 30, a permanent arrangement has been finalized whereby Fati leaves the club that scouted him as a 10-year-old from Sevilla FC.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The man scouted around the patio and yard area, apparently for something to obstruct the camera before settling on some greenery found in the yard.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Next said in a statement Housez never scouted for the company.
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Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
More than a dozen major league teams scouted Murakami — the Mets’ David Stearns made a personal visit to Japan to take a look at him — and all of them ultimately passed except the White Sox.
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Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Upward of a hundred promising adolescent boys, scouted as young as six, are admitted each year to live and train at the facility full time, in a system that resembles top youth-development programs in Europe and South America.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Tech companies have also scouted for East Bay industrial buildings, including artificial intelligence upstart OpenAI, which leased a Richmond building near one of that city’s waterfronts.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Kazuha, 22, was a professional ballerina and had been studying at the Dutch National Ballet Academy when she was scouted by the entertainment company.
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Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
And now, on June 30, a permanent arrangement has been finalized whereby Fati leaves the club that scouted him as a 10-year-old from Sevilla FC.
—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The man scouted around the patio and yard area, apparently for something to obstruct the camera before settling on some greenery found in the yard.
—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Next said in a statement Housez never scouted for the company.
—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
More than a dozen major league teams scouted Murakami — the Mets’ David Stearns made a personal visit to Japan to take a look at him — and all of them ultimately passed except the White Sox.
—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Upward of a hundred promising adolescent boys, scouted as young as six, are admitted each year to live and train at the facility full time, in a system that resembles top youth-development programs in Europe and South America.
—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Tech companies have also scouted for East Bay industrial buildings, including artificial intelligence upstart OpenAI, which leased a Richmond building near one of that city’s waterfronts.
—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Kazuha, 22, was a professional ballerina and had been studying at the Dutch National Ballet Academy when she was scouted by the entertainment company.
—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouted
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Multiple hospital stays became fodder for school bullies, who also ridiculed his size.
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Each of these societies deplored and ridiculed the other.
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That single test would have stopped Tank Day before a designer ever mocked up a poster.
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On Wednesday, Smith mocked the team's trade for Walker Kessler, pairing him with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
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“Scouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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