coffered

past tense of coffer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffered
Verb
  • Plascencia is still well back of the college record of 34, set by Wake Forest’s Nick Sciba from 2018–2019.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That’s on pace for about 129 catches across a 17-game season, which would shatter the single-season record for an RB of 116 set by…Christian McCaffrey in 2019.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s because about one-third of the about 165 Federal Reserve coin terminal facilities – where coins are distributed and deposited – have stopped penny transactions, the ABA said.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The white dwarf features a hydrogen-rich envelope, and in general any elements deposited onto the white dwarf should sink into this hydrogen envelope and disappear from view.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Emphasizing research and measurable outcomes, their philanthropy also reflects a broader belief that wealth should be used in real time—not preserved for future generations.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This was made possible by a process called clay templating, in which the external fleshy surface of the dinosaur was preserved over the skeleton after burial by a thin clay mask no more than 1/100th of an inch thick.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The administration has withheld routine forms of assistance from Taiwan—including by downgrading a defense dialogue with the island, denying Taiwanese President William Lai the ability to briefly visit the United States while traveling elsewhere, and blocking a major arms sales package.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Still, members of Congress continue to collect their $174,000-per-year paychecks, though some Wisconsin lawmakers have requested their pay be withheld until the shutdown ends.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.
    Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland (located deep in the brain).
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That led to a counterattack and a fluky goal when Matvei Gridin banked a centring pass off Noah Philp and by Skinner, getting the Flames on the board.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Once confiscated, the plants spend the rest of their lives at the botanical garden, where their seeds can be banked for future conservation projects.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wirtz simply has to be retained after contributing two assists.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • It's been determined that coffee's bioactive properties are retained when caffeine is removed from the beans to make decaffeinated coffee.
    Katie Wilkinson, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Coffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffered. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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