Thesaurus results for WENT (ON)

went on

verb

past tense of go on

as in happened

to take place what in the world is going on in there?

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as in rambled

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains

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Recent Examples of went on The statement went on to say the president has already secured deals with foreign exporters to provide the 25% discount. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The album went on to sell more than two million copies and remains beloved by fans today. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 While in Marin City, Shakur formed the One Nation Emcees rap group and went on to perform live for the first time at the city’s 1989 music festival. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, health workers at the Nizi Treatment Center went on strike and the facility temporarily closed. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 After the study’s publication, Wakefield went on to recommend splitting the vaccines into single shots. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Cam Ward struggled in three drives for Tennessee against San Francisco's backup defense and the Titans went on to beat the 49ers 19-13 in the exhibition opener for both teams Thursday night. — CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 His 2024 feature documentary Bosco Grande also premiered in the Giornate degli Autori in Venice and went on to win the Grand Prix at the National Competition at FIPADOC Biarritz. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026 Hubbard went on to run Kentucky’s Social Security disability system and its child-support-enforcement program, before leading its Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control. — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went on

Verb

Now, as her family, friends and fans mourn, questions remain about what happened in the actress’ final hours before her death at age 36, far from home at an apartment in South Carolina.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Although the crime happened in Kansas City, Argyriou said, so did the response.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.

— Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026

Definition of rambled

Verb

There was a pause, as a room full of songwriters — the event was specifically for the Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing — erupted into laughter.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Toby Xu, Alibaba Group’s chief financial officer, said there was revenue growth and margin gains across the company’s core businesses.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Slater’s free kick for the second goal, headed in by Mendy, came about because Tielemans was nutmegged on the edge of the area by Mohamed Belloumi, and the United new boy fouled the Hull midfielder.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Christopher Bakes, a Jesuit alumnus and co-leader of the group, said the petitioners do not oppose admitting girls but object to how the decision came about.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of came about

Verb

Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.

— Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
The 2022 World Cup, the clearest expression of the strategy, ran on migrant labor whose reforms the International Labour Organization called real and whose enforcement Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said lagged.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of ran on

Verb

Caitlin Clark had a chance to answer on the other end, but her driving layup would not fall, and Fiebich came down with the rebound.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
By the time the curtain came down after the first act, much of the audience could wait no more and fled for the exits.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

One of his first major tests in office was the sinking of the Kursk, a nuclear submarine that went down with 118 sailors on board.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Valentine went down early in camp with a hamstring injury, was replaced by Cisse and has been buried since.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026