Thesaurus results for HOPED

hoped

verb

past tense of hope

as in wished

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Recent Examples of hoped Patients and the company had hoped the therapy could move into an FDA review based on existing evidence, a hope that was dashed Monday. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoped

Verb

Shivon Zilis, the mother of four children with Musk, said their breakup was sudden but wished him the best.

— Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Nishimura then asked what the panelists wished brands would ask young people more often.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of wished

Verb

An artificial intelligence system designed by Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, submitted a false homicide tip to the Philadelphia police, the latest incident of AI agents acting in ways that weren’t intended.

— Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The company also introduced an additional validation mechanism intended to prevent similar incidents during future testing, according to information shared with police.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

Something may have looked manageable until real life entered the picture.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Teenagers and young adults were arriving with sudden-onset, elaborate tic-like behaviors that looked little like the syndrome psychiatrist Kirsten Müller-Vahl had spent decades treating.

— Nebyou Belay, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of looked

Verb

Amid speculation that Drexel plans to sell the 150-year-old building housing the Academy, Philadelphia's city council proposed altering local zoning overlays in order to make selling the building or converting it to other uses more difficult.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
The tax measure was first proposed eight years ago in response to flagging state funding for public schools.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of proposed

Verb

For families Ski vacations and mountain vacations are meant to be enjoyed with the whole family—there’s little that is more connecting than a day on the slopes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The move is meant to bring down high diesel costs across the country ahead of the midterm elections.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of meant

Verb

At 25 minutes per episode, the show is designed for streaming services, and it has been given an innovative rollout in Germany this fall, when three episodes will launch on ZDF’s streaming service, with Episode 1 also available on YouTube.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Typically made in days or weeks, emergency orders are designed to be temporary, lasting only as cases continue to play out in lower courts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026