Thesaurus results for PARTICIPATED

participated

verb

past tense of participate

as in shared

to take a share or part eager to participate in the city's cultural life

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Recent Examples of participated Prosecutors had intended to introduce testimony that Sierra participated in a Santería ceremony after the murders. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Kenya participated for the first time in FIDE’s Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners in 2024. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 In fact, students from 38 majors have participated in the entrepreneurship programs at Georgia Tech. — Raghupathy Sivakumar, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 Chinese, Russian troops train together The PLA contingent traveled to Russia by road, rail and air and participated in the preparatory phase alongside forces from Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026 According to a recent report by the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, 4,847 children and pregnant women participated in 34 federally funded Head Start programs in the state during the 2024-2025 school year. — Maia Nehme, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 The band’s fans live, breathe, and, for those who participated in the blood drive, literally bleed Metallica. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 The Fever said neither the organization nor Clark knew about or participated in the effort. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declined to say whether Pakistani forces had already participated in airstrikes. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

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In July, Reeves shared a brief clip of test footage of the upcoming film, which included the first proper look at Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne in a new Batsuit as what appears to be snow falls around him.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Medical records shared with the AP by Ramsbottom and another officer show they were not diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries until Fort Hood.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Drivers knew the back entrances, the factory layouts, and the best path to the boss of a mom-and-pop workshop.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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