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  • past participle of tell.
  • past tense form of tell.
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told

[tohld] / toʊld /


ADJECTIVE
explained
Synonyms
STRONG






ADJECTIVE
professed
Synonyms




ADJECTIVE
stated
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
warned
Synonyms


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It’s “very realistic to assume” grocery shoppers will be paying more by Thanksgiving, Cooney told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

Company managers omitted some elevated chemical readings from testing reports, Dixon said, and they told workers who produced too many detections they would be sent home.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

He told her his name was John Prince and claimed he was a Swiss real estate developer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

“I told you, I have my thing at the nursing home.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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