seconded

past tense of second

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seconded
Verb
  • Somewhere there is a happy medium to be found between the overbroad rules of the previous administration and the complete absence of rules for domestic companies that the present administration has now adopted.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • There was even a handwritten letter from my birth mom, written the day I was adopted.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Being successful in America, according to Part II, inherently means becoming the bad guy, and Francis Ford Coppola mourns that fact, abetted by arguably Pacino’s finest, most sorrowful performance as a man who sells every bit of his soul to maintain his power.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a terrible host, and great movies like Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, Amour, and Beasts of the Southern Wild are beaten out by Argo, a movie about a trivial sidelight to a geopolitical tragedy abetted by the United States for decades.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This commission had not approved nor endorsed a data center, and all were in favor of starting a process through a request for public offering back in December of last year, with the full knowledge that a data center might be the potential use.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The current mayor has endorsed Tinaglia, saying his experience as a trustee and lifelong resident are big advantages.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The new bill has been forwarded to a parliamentary committee for deliberation on the percentages to be contributed.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The company forwarded The Star’s request back to Dallas.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Paul has advocated legitimizing DOGE’s cuts by putting them through Congress.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In 2020, Bas advocated for cutting the Police Department budget by 50%, a proposal that was fortunately never carried out.
    East Bay Times editorial, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Seconded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seconded. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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