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as in replied
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description
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as in fulfilled
to do what is required by the terms of
I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?
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as in solved
to find an answer for through reasoning
try to answer this riddle
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Recent Examples of answered
Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
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CBS News,
1 July 2026
Koorimannil and his best friend had answered an ad online for jobs encouraging tourism to Thailand.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
On Monday, Miami-Dade County answered that question with a FIFA 2026 scarf, a toy FIU Panthers mascot, a traditional Miccosukee palmetto fiber doll and a poster of the year’s skyline.
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Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
Well, perhaps that will be answered for us in this television show.
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Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
Here are six realignment questions set to be answered in the fall.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
This week it was answered by the people who sit closest to it, with the most patient and most expensive vote available to them.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Twins’ bats answered in their half of the second, with four hits and three runs.
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Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2026
Workers correctly answered only about one-quarter of survey questions on retirement withdrawals, on average, and nearly half couldn't answer a single question correctly on that topic.
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Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Koorimannil and his best friend had answered an ad online for jobs encouraging tourism to Thailand.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
On Monday, Miami-Dade County answered that question with a FIFA 2026 scarf, a toy FIU Panthers mascot, a traditional Miccosukee palmetto fiber doll and a poster of the year’s skyline.
—
Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
Well, perhaps that will be answered for us in this television show.
—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
Here are six realignment questions set to be answered in the fall.
—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
This week it was answered by the people who sit closest to it, with the most patient and most expensive vote available to them.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The Twins’ bats answered in their half of the second, with four hits and three runs.
—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2026
Workers correctly answered only about one-quarter of survey questions on retirement withdrawals, on average, and nearly half couldn't answer a single question correctly on that topic.
—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for answered
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Hours after the Royal Family's Instagram posted an image of Queen Camilla with Rowling during their meeting this week at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, scores of commenters replied to the image criticizing the move.
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Last week, Sportman replied to Peterson by email, noting her late response the result of primarily working out in the field for the past five weeks.
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To my surprise, Krassner and Epstein corresponded until May 2019, two months before the latter’s arrest.
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The wins corresponded with European triumphs; the loss with a European setback.
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Broos’s side takes on Canada in Los Angeles today after advancing from the group stage with a surprise 1-0 victory over South Korea, and the Belgian said reaching the knockout rounds had fulfilled the team’s initial objective.
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Sure enough, their destiny was fulfilled the following morning.
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The Limits Of Vendor Defenses In December 2025, OpenAI acknowledged publicly that prompt injection, like scams and social engineering, is unlikely to ever be fully solved.
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Since then, the company’s creations have solved painfully difficult problems in fields from mathematics to computational biology.
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Ground crews and least three aircraft responded to the fire, according to Cal Fire’s incident page.
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Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
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The budget also raises a tax on commercial health plans, part of a suite of revenue-raising measures lawmakers and the governor agreed upon to balance the budget.
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Lawmakers agreed last year to require those recipients to pay $30 a month starting next year.
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Doubts about his age have emerged from time to time and, while official documents have verified his date of birth and satisfied Indian cricket’s governing body, the sceptics will not always be satisfied.
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After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
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Heard and Depp married in February 2015, but their relationship quickly unraveled.
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By dissolving the barrier between art and life and emphasizing the role of the viewer, Duchamp unraveled art’s claim to special status.
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