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as in restored
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place
when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
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as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready
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as in reverted
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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Recent Examples of returned
For her performance about an hour later, Gaga returned on video from MSG and in the middle of the red and black motif that signals the opening of her Mayhem Ball tour.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Even when Clark returned, her performance was uneven.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Love on the Spectrum, an exploration of the dating lives of people on the autism spectrum, returned this year after its debut in 2019.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty players returned for the ceremony and received loud ovations.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tate Nagy returned a punt 21 yards, and the Jayhawks also blocked a PAT attempt on Missouri’s first touchdown.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Brown played just 14 snaps in the opener before the foot injury, returned for the Syracuse game, but then underwent surgery in December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Scott Kelley, 51, of Massachusetts, was charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Boston Friday with wire fraud, mail fraud, mail theft by a postal officer, theft of government money, money laundering, structuring to evade reporting requirements and filing false tax returns.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Even when Clark returned, her performance was uneven.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Love on the Spectrum, an exploration of the dating lives of people on the autism spectrum, returned this year after its debut in 2019.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Twenty players returned for the ceremony and received loud ovations.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tate Nagy returned a punt 21 yards, and the Jayhawks also blocked a PAT attempt on Missouri’s first touchdown.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Brown played just 14 snaps in the opener before the foot injury, returned for the Syracuse game, but then underwent surgery in December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Scott Kelley, 51, of Massachusetts, was charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Boston Friday with wire fraud, mail fraud, mail theft by a postal officer, theft of government money, money laundering, structuring to evade reporting requirements and filing false tax returns.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for returned
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the least bad, the researchers assumed the funding cuts lasted just 90 days and would then be fully restored, with countries back to baseline within three months.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Wieffer contributed three assists in four Brighton wins across those games, a strong finish which almost yielded European qualification as Brighton finished eighth.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The first few weeks of the current school year yielded the biggest exodus seen of pre-K students transferring from private providers to public schools, according to Tim Kaminski, president of the Texas Licensed Child Care Association.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The prosecutor's office said additional officers who responded to the scene saw a man, later identified as 29-year-old Shaquille Green, running down a nearby street.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the patch notes include a ton of AI changes, some balance changes for the hardcore wipe, which is still proving controversial despite a lot of the most egregious changes being reverted already, and a big list of bug fixes.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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It’s been a long road, but one that has provided him with a chance to remain at the MLB level — and to pitch in the biggest games.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Days after the hearing, the leader of the Pentagon's office to investigate UFOs provided testimony of his own refuting some of the claims.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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After a fan expressed their dissatisfaction with Styles's current booking in WWE, his son replied in agreement, adding a new layer to the speculation about the former champion's career.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The zoo replied to assure guests that behavior assessments are being planned to make sure the elephants are all housed in the safest environment available to them.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The rise of low-cost airlines like Ryanair and easyJet, along with the widespread adoption of the internet and operators like Airbnb, gave consumers the confidence to book their own flights and accommodation and create their own trips.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Neidorff and his wife donated an additional $124,000 to Newsom’s 2022 reelection campaign while Centene itself gave Newsom $32,400.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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But crunch time in the fourth quarter, with the Vikings down 17-6, McCarthy answered the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means initial calls are getting answered faster, but there are significantly fewer staff members available to handle complex, in-person cases.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Returned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/returned. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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