flagged 1 of 2

past tense of flag

flagged

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verb (2)

past tense of flag

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flagged
Verb
There is also an exception for material flagged for a safety review. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The Kunstmuseum Basel will receive $120,000 to examine 336 drawings in its collection with provenances previously flagged as problematic, as well as the fates of the drawings’ sellers and the museum’s collection strategies between 1933 and 1945. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Most glaringly, Nvidia continues to work with at least one entity that the US has recently flagged as potentially evading export curbs. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 While sales of raw milk are prohibited on Facebook’s Marketplace, and such ads are removed when flagged, discussions of raw milk are still allowed, said a Meta spokesperson. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Indianapolis police did not regularly audit Flock searches until The Washington Post flagged thousands of questionable inquiries by one officer. — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Earlier this year, in response to the death of a newborn whose parents were flagged as high risk, Idaho lawmakers passed Benji’s Law. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026 Its move past bohemian into bombers, blazers, trenches and zip-ups signals a category shift, not a seasonal moment, and the chocolate-brown palette flagged by Yahoo Shopping is neutral enough to carry into spring. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Avira put an orange flag on those six and flagged individual items within each. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagged
Verb
  • The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Countless lonely young ones over the years have heard themselves in Team Dresch’s music, which is why their music has never faded away.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Fast-forward to Wednesday and the $110B Paramount-WBD mega-merger was officially waved through and the new company will officially launch on Tuesday (October 6).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Brown waved back and rode on, figuring nobody had really recognized him.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • John Bennett, who was hanged at Fort Leavenworth in 1961 for raping and attempting to murder an 11-year-old girl in Austria.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Giants are running the ball, playing good defense and just hung 36 on Arizona.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lower-ticket maintenance items have held steadier in sales, which can help to prop up the top line, but the per-store productivity weakened even where top-line sales looked flat, Graff said.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The region’s long investment in coal and steel became a trap once the economic basis for those industries weakened.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • An elderly woman in a proper ink-black dress and modest, sensible heels motioned us over and led us down the aisle, inviting us to sit in the pair of waiting chairs just opposite the pulpit.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Ripa then motioned to the other side, indicating that the hotel placed the tissue holder to the left of the toilet.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Still, the president's approval rating has sagged as the Iran war continues and affordability remains top of mind for many voters.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Without the regular hydration-and-curl sessions, my hair sagged.
    — Jenny Hughes, Parents, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Donaldson, who went undrafted in June out of the University of Miami, is one of three players who the Heat has signed to a two-way contract.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Florida went 40-38-4 overall and 17-23-1 on the road a season ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Flagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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