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past tense of air

aired

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adjective

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Recent Examples of aired
Adjective
The episode, which first aired in February 1973, centers around the character of Marcia Brady, who gets hit in the face by a football and is dumped by her boyfriend. Lori A Bashian Fox News, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Lopez first teased her return as host of the AMAs last fall on the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special, which also aired on CBS. Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025 Some of this is maybe better talked about after the finale has aired. Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 The show's finale and reunion aired on March 6. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 The show aired in January or February each year from 1974 through 2003, and then in October or November each year from 2003 to 2022. Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025 The AMAs aired on ABC from 1974 to 2022. Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025 It’s been 35 years since Twin Peaks first aired on ABC. Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The show aired on Fox Kids and followed a group of teenagers who become rangers to help protect the Earth. Victoria Edel, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aired
Verb
  • The 39-year-old also voiced his willingness to sit down with the former NBA MVP to work through their respective issues with one another in a productive manner.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some handlers said Donkey, although playful like Perry, did not have much else in common with the character voiced by Eddie Murphy.
    Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.
    Jim Stevenson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • According to the lawsuit the BOP has unlawfully treated credits earned under FSA as discretionary rather than a mandate clearly stated in the law.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The news agency also quoted medical workers who stated that four bodies had been recovered from the crash so far.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But no published evidence supports the technology’s compatibility with those other viruses.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
  • Image Much of Didion’s published writing, particularly about her daughter’s mental health (she was given many psychiatric diagnoses over the years, culminating in multiple personality disorder), can feel like a whisper the reader strains to hear, but never quite does.
    Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Hamas gave Qatar and Egypt its agreement to a proposal that resembles an offer made several weeks ago by White House envoy Steve Witkoff.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Plenty even gave me their own kitty stories too.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Aired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aired. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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