returned

verb

past tense of return
1
as in restored
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from

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2
as in yielded
to produce as revenue this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

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3
as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready

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4
as in reverted
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways

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Recent Examples of returned Wayde Deatherage took some back roads and returned by early evening. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 However, price spikes returned in July after Washington responded to Iranian attacks on shipping in the key maritime artery of the Strait of Hormuz. — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 What never returned is the Fox slate Disney intentionally chose to retire. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 Two years after the WPBL was formed, the pro women’s game returned this weekend at the 101-year-old neutral site Midwest ballpark. — James Raia, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Olivia Dean returned for her second time at Lolla, moving from a side stage to headliner in just two short years. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026 Michel later returned with Jean, gave the girls $40 and offered them a ride. — Eric Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Rebooted by Kimmel in 2020, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire returned for Season 5 last week along with Affleck and Ding, as well as Larry David and daughter Cazzie David. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 July 2026 Now that Jones has returned from a knee injury, Reese can spend more time at her natural power forward position. — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for returned
  1. restored
  2. yielded
  3. responded
  4. reverted
  5. provided
  6. replied
  7. gave
  8. answered
Verb
  • While their ranks were restored, they were not put directly back in their previous positions in the Criminal Investigations Division.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • So, the agency used the platform to justify stopping everything, but the careful, patient-by-patient benefit-risk judgment that restored access was applied to only one disease state.
    — Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of restored
Verb
  • Barnett yielded four hits, one walk and struck out six, but was pitching a perfect game until center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela singled with one out in the fourth.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Nanos noted there was blood and other DNA found at the scene that is also still being analyzed, but has so far also yielded no results.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of yielded
Verb
  • This time, investors also responded positively to the company’s results.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tuesday, Montgomery County police and fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Clopper Road after a report of a serious collision, police said.
    — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of responded
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  • Stars such as Julia Fox and Bechtel have reverted back to their natural color after spending time with the platinum look, but keeping the shape ultra-thin.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
  • However, the cells recently reverted from the supergiant state do not have the potential to form supergiants compared to cells produced by normal morphs.
    — Jay Kakade July 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026
Definition of reverted
Verb
  • The Chiefs opened their free agency by handing Reid a reason to run the ball more and provided him an avenue toward running it more effectively.
    — Sam McDowell July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • On a warm summer evening with the sun setting behind the lawn, the amphitheater provided a fitting backdrop for Mellencamp’s heartland rock.
    — Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • The Socialist leader replied in his own letter by recalling that Spain had, in solidarity with the EU, taken in migrants who arrived to eastern European nations from Belarus in 2021 and to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in 2023.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Socialist leader replied in his own letter by recalling that Spain had taken in migrants who arrived at eastern European nations from Belarus in 2021 and at the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in 2023.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of replied
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Definition of gave
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  • From being handed important communication roles on defense to being moved around as a chess piece in multiple defensive spots, Downs has answered each challenge the coaching staff has handed him.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And the existential questions that death tends to open, the ones usually answered through religion or community, felt easier too.
    — Sai Rajagopal, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of answered

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