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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seated
The Image That Endures While Americans may remember the striking image of a silent president seated in the Supreme Court, what matters more is what happened afterwards.
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Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Technicians seated along an assembly line were fastening artificial tendons to the fingers to link them with actuators in the wrist.
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Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
He’s seated between my husband and me in a black high chair that looks less like baby gear and more like a throne à la Versailles.
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Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
The memorial, which features a 60-foot-tall marble statue of the 16th president seated inside a neoclassical Greek temple, faces onto a reflecting pool Forrest wades into to reunite with his childhood friend Jenny.
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Jennie Yabroff,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
He was seated next to Fight Club co-star Edward Norton as the pair chatted over beers to watch the big game.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
At one point while seated on the wall, an officer fired a bean bag round that struck him in the stomach, dropping him to the ground.
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Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026
Prosecutors said one gunshot struck a patrol vehicle where deputies were taking cover, and another gunshot struck an armored vehicle where a deputy was seated.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
Everybody should stand when an elder enters the room or is being seated.
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Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Technicians seated along an assembly line were fastening artificial tendons to the fingers to link them with actuators in the wrist.
—
Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
He’s seated between my husband and me in a black high chair that looks less like baby gear and more like a throne à la Versailles.
—
Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
The memorial, which features a 60-foot-tall marble statue of the 16th president seated inside a neoclassical Greek temple, faces onto a reflecting pool Forrest wades into to reunite with his childhood friend Jenny.
—
Jennie Yabroff,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
He was seated next to Fight Club co-star Edward Norton as the pair chatted over beers to watch the big game.
—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
At one point while seated on the wall, an officer fired a bean bag round that struck him in the stomach, dropping him to the ground.
—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026
Prosecutors said one gunshot struck a patrol vehicle where deputies were taking cover, and another gunshot struck an armored vehicle where a deputy was seated.
—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
Everybody should stand when an elder enters the room or is being seated.
—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seated
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
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Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, his first year of eligibility.
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In addition to her 32 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other documentarian, she was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2000, and selected for the Television Academy’s Governors Award in 2009.
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The Multi-Site Computer Austria (or MUSICA) was officially inaugurated on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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Art as cult fodder, marginalia, obscurantism—Duchamp inaugurated all of this.
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“Seated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seated. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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