WONDERED (ABOUT) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

wondered (about)

verb

past tense of wonder (about)

as in disagreed (with)

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Some legal experts doubted the oil industry would prevail in this case without both Thomas and Alito.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Allied with previous victories at Strade Bianche and in Amstel Gold, and Pidcock’s pedigree in long one-day races should not be doubted.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Bear in mind that these are discounted prices, ranging from 5% off a putative MSRP at the lower end to 20% off at the higher end.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
And while radio and streaming usually end up being bigger and more consequential parts of the Hot 100’s three-component formula in 2026, the third component — digital song sales — shouldn’t be discounted either.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026

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The agency has previously disputed suggestions that politics plays a role in its decisions.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Initial media reports suggested a lab worker at Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute died of the plague, but Russian officials later disputed this, saying the worker died of pneumonia and that the illness was not linked to work in the lab.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

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