COPED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

coped

verb

past tense of cope

as in did

to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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Recent Examples of coped For one thing, millennials have coped with a lot of instability and uncertainty in their formative years. — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Once out and about, moonwalkers coped with very fine, tiny particles composed of sharp, glassy material. — Leonard David, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026 She’s coped in life by using other people to take care of her in many different ways. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 Belgium’s midfield coped despite playing without both Amadou Onana and Youri Tielemans, who was lost to injury in pregame warm-ups. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Hamilton coped best with adapting his driving style around Formula 1's new reliance on battery power to take pole position in qualifying for Saturday's sprint race. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Despite the overwhelming demand for medical services and the shortage of supplies in Venezuela’s public health system, Domingo Luciani Hospital in the capital of Caracas coped with an influx of patients thanks to a flood of donations. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 Lennie asked about how the audience coped with that. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026 Sam coped with pain by avoiding movement and activity, swapping soccer for videogames. — Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026

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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.

— Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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Harston is also one of the Screaming Marys, a performance collective managed by Screaming Alley, which regularly hosts workshops in everything from burlesque to lip-syncing – and previously did Jackson’s drag king course.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Those came when Madrid’s Champions League match at Benfica (then managed by Mourinho) was stopped after the Brazilian alleged opposition winger Gianluca Prestianni racially abused him.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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She is survived by two stepchildren, Elizabeth Vandermark and David Kissinger, and five step-grandchildren.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Known primarily as a virtuoso sculptor, only a few of Bernini’s paintings have survived, and fewer than twenty are broadly accepted as authentic.

— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

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