cleaved

verb

variants or clove or clave
past tense of cleave
as in adhered
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report

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Recent Examples of cleaved Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 His image split down the middle as if cleaved in half by the lightning. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026 Bathroom mirrors and toilets and kitchen tables stand exposed to the rain in homes cleaved in half like dollhouses. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives. — New York Times, 22 June 2026 For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city. — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026 Trunks were cleaved down the center. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026 The two rows of buildings are cleaved down the middle by a pathway leading visitors toward the temple. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaved
  1. adhered
  2. stuck
  3. clung
Verb
  • Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of adhered
Verb
  • Her crippling impostor syndrome was a feature, not a bug — we were stuck there with her for at least two seasons.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The result has been a prolonged low-hire, low-fire job market that’s left many workers of all ages stuck in limbo.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck
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  • Ransom money was paid and searches were conducted as a country and a family clung to hope.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Lyman clung to the hope that her son’s case would be different, and that Kaur would serve time behind bars for the collision.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of clung

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