volunteered

past tense of volunteer

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Recent Examples of volunteered Matisse volunteered to serve in France’s armed forces during the first World War, but at 44-years-old was aged out from doing so. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Even in her retirement, Di Stefano volunteered at the Broward Center for the Performing Art. Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 Ann Craig, a La Jolla resident since 2001, volunteered to be an honorary patron for the event, noting her love of French culture and hopes of bringing it to the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025 Per the outlet, Sarah Shaw, Associate Director of Advocacy at MSI Reproductive Choices, had volunteered for the organization to pay for the supplies to be repackaged without USAID branding and shipped to countries in need. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 In an update to the Saratoga Village Development Council, Jill Hunter said Hendren volunteered to repaint the sign in Blaney Plaza, which was donated to the city a decade ago. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025 Spanish soldier Gaspar de Portola volunteered to lead the mission. Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025 Avner also said that some of the incarcerated women who volunteered with the meal program, who have since been released, have come back to volunteer. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Cutright first volunteered with the Esparto Fire Protection District the day after forming his own company, BlackStar Fireworks, in April 2023, following years of work as a pyrotechnics operator for Devastating Pyrotechnics. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteered
Verb
  • The prizes were donated by various large corporations, including Wells Fargo, Fairmont, the San Francisco Giants, the A’s, Oracle, Door Dash, Aquarium of the Pacific and others.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hollywood star and Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds has donated UK£10,000 ($13,638) to help a 13-year-old Welsh girl battling a rare heart cancer visit New York City this Christmas.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, another jailhouse informant, David Vogel, later gave a recorded interview to a DA investigator, also saying Neary admitted to stabbing the victim, corroborating Lunsford’s original statement.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There were chiffon dresses that gave a nod to the 1920s with their drop waists.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Graduate students Brian Elder and Jared Anklam, postdoctoral associates Jian Teng and Saebom Lee, and other collaborators contributed to the research.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this article.
    Robert Birsel Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But about 85% of parents opt to give their children the stand-alone measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and a separate varicella shot, according to data presented at Thursday’s meeting.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Designer Julia Sloan's latest collection, presented on a terrace at the Ritz-Carlton NoMad, could take you from brunch to the beach to a chic dinner all in one look (plus the shell bags will be the perfect accessory for next summer).
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These operating agreements provided that if a member of the LLCs filed or was forced into bankruptcy, then the bankrupt member would be immediately dissociated from the LLC and no longer will receive distributions.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Wind, solar and batteries provided only about 3 percent of total primary energy consumption last year, the spokesperson said.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Volunteered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteered. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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