as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements
though she couldn't see the rain, she knew it had started because she could see the flowers nod as raindrops hit them
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Recent Examples of nodded
Its glittering pin stripes nodded to traditional menswear, while the yellow leopard front patch was reminiscent of her feline debut.
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Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
Musically, the group nodded to the Afrofuturist funk of George Clinton and Sly Stone.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Our waiter spoke with an unmistakable sense of pride, while my mom nodded along, absorbing it all in quiet attention.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
The ribbon-cutting at the Smithsonian National Carousel nodded to this fact.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
OutKick sent two reporters to ask Kerr and Rivers about their statements, as the rest of the press nodded along and printed their false claims.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Knueppel nodded when that was relayed to him.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
Thursday’s bill nodded to the warrant issue, restating many restrictions already in the law.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
Musically, the group nodded to the Afrofuturist funk of George Clinton and Sly Stone.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Our waiter spoke with an unmistakable sense of pride, while my mom nodded along, absorbing it all in quiet attention.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
The ribbon-cutting at the Smithsonian National Carousel nodded to this fact.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
OutKick sent two reporters to ask Kerr and Rivers about their statements, as the rest of the press nodded along and printed their false claims.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Knueppel nodded when that was relayed to him.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
Thursday’s bill nodded to the warrant issue, restating many restrictions already in the law.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodded
Verb
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Crews then raced to recover the astronauts aboard the vehicle, which bobbed for a few hours in the Pacific Ocean near California.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Minutes into the execution, the team warden briefly flicked Hitchcock‘s face and yelled his name twice and shook his shoulders.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Bukele shook off his delusions of being the emperor of social media and abandoned his bullying tactics in the face of the biggest bully.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The prosecutor said Chairez-Campos pumped multiple rounds into the unarmed victim’s body before making a move to flee and then returning to shoot him one more time in the head, Gennawey said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Radiation pumped into the night sky.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The plane jerked to a stop as two trucks passed just feet in front of its nose.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Nodded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodded. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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