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told

[tohld] / toʊld /

ADJECTIVE

announced

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declared disclosed issued released reported

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broadcast circulated communicated divulged publicized revealed

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declared publicly made public

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hidden suppressed unannounced

ADJECTIVE

explained

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elucidated interpreted related

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legendary

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fabled fabulous mythical storied

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allegorical apocryphal created customary doubtful dubious fabricated fanciful figmental handed-down imaginary imaginative improbable invented mythological related romantic traditional unhistoric unhistorical unreal unverifiable

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factual infamous real true unimportant

ADJECTIVE

manifest

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glaring palpable unambiguous unmistakable

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bold clear-cut disclosed divulged evidenced evinced open patent plain revealed shown

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apparent big as life conspicuous crystal clear distinct evident noticeable prominent straightforward visible

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hidden

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ambiguous concealed unclear vague

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obscure

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mentioned

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cited quoted specified voiced

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communicated considered declared discussed intimated named revealed suggested

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brought up made known referred to spoken of

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numbered

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categorized checked contained counted designated doomed enumerated fated fixed included indicated marked specified totalled

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infinite unlimited unnumbered

ADJECTIVE

oral

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lingual sonant vocal

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articulate ejaculatory narrated phonated phonetic phonic recounted related said sounded unwritten uttered verbal viva voce voiced word-of-mouth

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printed written

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professed

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stated

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acknowledged announced declared pledged

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rumored

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reputed

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broadcast bruited circulating gossiped prevailing said

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all over town given out going around rife

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spoken

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announced articulate communicated expressed mentioned said voiced

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lingual oral phonetic unwritten verbal

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heard written

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spoken

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announced articulate communicated expressed mentioned said uttered voiced

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lingual oral phonetic phonic put into words sonant traditional unwritten verbal viva voce

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suppressed

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heard written

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stated

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certain declared fixed

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settled

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regular

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unfixed

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verbal

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rhetorical unwritten

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exact expressed lexical lingual literal oral phrasal said stated verbatim word-for-word word-of-mouth

ADJECTIVE

warned

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advised cautioned informed notified

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"In 1994 the soccer market was very nascent in the US, and today we have thriving professional leagues, and some of the world's great stadiums," US Soccer chief executive JT Batson told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

President Trump told reporters a peace deal that would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains close, and could be agreed to in days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Panish told jurors in Van Nuys that they needed to award punitive damages not only to punish Grossman and Erickson but also to send a message about their conduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Airline boss Richard Molloy told national broadcaster RNZ that fire fighters had secured the plane to the ground.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

"Your master told me a lot of things that weren't true. He even promised to give me an island to govern, and I'm still waiting for it."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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