PEGGED Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

pegged

verb

past tense of peg

as in ranked

to arrange or assign according to type pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pegged the ball to the second baseman

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Recent Examples of pegged In fact, their 2026 Giving Signals Report, conducted with The Harris Poll, pegged millennials as the most active donor generation right now. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026 The former students, members of the Chi Phi fraternity who graduated in 2022 and 2023, say online sleuths have wrongly pegged them for harassment, leading to negative personal and professional consequences. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Charles’s prodigal son is said to be working on a documentary about his mother pegged to the 30th anniversary of her death, and reportedly hopes to secure Spencer’s participation. — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026 Also, nobody seems capable of playing special teams, and several squads pegged as contenders in the preseason — the Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — are in free fall. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 While some of these undertakings are pegged to the country's 250th anniversary, critics have long accused the president of rushing to memorialize himself out of fear that no one else will. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026 And while some analysts have pegged $30 as the target price for Nike shares, Drbul’s price target as of Tuesday is $55. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 The company did not explain its decision, but the antibiotic — a three-drug combination injection — was pegged from the outset as a treatment of last resort by the Food and Drug Administration in hopes of mitigating antibiotic resistance. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026 That was basically the message Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly had for his team on Sunday after winning Game 162 to avoid a massive collapse for a team many pegged to be a potential World Series candidate out of the National League. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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The four-star recruit was ranked among the top 300 players nationally by various outlets.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles ranked 32 of 500, with the annual water bill estimated at $952.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.

— Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed the man’s death and classified it as a homicide, Becchina said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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When campaigning for parliament in 2024, Farage had a milkshake thrown at him by a woman and on another occasion objects were hurled towards his open-top bus by a man.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Against one-on-one coverage, Tyquan Thornton broke open on a deep out-breaking route, and with pressure in his face, Patrick Mahomes hurled a pass that Thornton caught for a 30-yard gain and a fresh set of downs.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

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The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
The concerts are grouped into two-night couplings with the group playing unique set lists each night.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

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On September 13 the Materialists star was photographed leaving the 2026 US Open men’s singles championships with the cozy layering piece slung over her shoulder, revealing a romantic white silk camisole underneath.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026
Nearby, a 9-year-old washed his face discreetly in the bushes with a bottle of water, a bright orange backpack slung over his shoulder.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026