Thesaurus results for PALMED

palmed

verb

Definition of palmed

past tense of palm

as in wished

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers

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Recent Examples of palmed For the final punchline, Bounou shuffled right, stood upright, and palmed away Crysencio Summerville’s effort. — Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026 Al-Amri, who had a shot denied by Uruguay's Fernando Muslera earlier in the first half, put his squad ahead with a quick tap-in after Muslera palmed away a header. — CBS News, 15 June 2026 Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other. — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025

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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

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At issue before the court was the question of whether cities and states may sue oil and gas producers for the damages inflicted by climate change.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
The brutality and inhumanity that white Americans inflicted on free and enslaved Black people drove them out.

— Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of inflicted

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Indonesia imposed a ban on nickel ore exports to encourage smelters to move refining operations to the country; the country is now pushing to attract more of the EV value chain, including car and battery manufacturing.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Some wealthy countries, including Norway and Kuwait, have imposed strict rules to formally ban sale to teens.

— Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of imposed

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And a hot young comic, Marshay (Brittney Ayona Clemons, convincing), is being foisted on Varnell to heighten youth appeal.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
So changes may be foisted on the American setup, just as Canfield and crew have been hitting their stride this season.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 19 June 2026

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