towered

Definition of towerednext
past tense of tower
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Verb
  • His numbers rose from 246 total yards in his first three seasons to 717 in his senior campaign alone.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Emerging-market equities rose to a record high, buoyed by optimism over the artificial intelligence trade and a report that Iran offered a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
    Marcus Wong, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Recovery rates climbed above 75 percent for several metals with slightly longer treatment times.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
  • His drive to eliminate Argentina’s chronic inflation has stalled, unemployment has climbed and the economy has contracted.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Denver’s general manager before the Wallace-Tenzer tandem, Calvin Booth, ascended with the Timberwolves from 2013-17, first as a scout then as their director of player personnel.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As Clark has ascended into superstardom with the Indiana Fever in the WNBA, McCaffery is following in his father’s footsteps.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But home builders, supply advocates and some lawmakers have mounted strong opposition to the section.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sheehan allowed a single to Moisés Ballesteros with one out and was lifted after throwing a career-high 101 pitches with a 4-0 lead.
    Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The mother then lifted the toddler out of the water while the otter continued attacking and bit her arm.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Also Thursday, the government reported that a key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is driving the cost of living sharply higher.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The update came after energy prices soared to their highest point in years with little sign of a deal to end the war.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Lucky has long aspired to become a lawyer, but the cost of college forced her to step away from school last fall and work full-time.
    J.D. Miles, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • For just as long, Poulakidas aspired to play in the NBA.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The controversy over his military records arose over his previous claim that he was awarded the Bronze Star.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But as the ball swung around the perimeter, opportunities arose for the likes of Dosunmu and McDaniels to crack the paint off the bounce.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Towered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towered. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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