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as in restored
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place
when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
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as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready
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as in reverted
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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Recent Examples of returned
The swab was sent out to forensics for analysis, which returned a DNA profile of an unidentified female but returned no match in law enforcement databases.
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
One week after the monster storm pummeled their street, Zara and his neighbors returned on Friday to shovel and mop mud out of their houses.
—Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Later in the show, Martin returned sans geeky costume to discuss the future of Coldplay.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
One week after the monster storm pummeled their street, Zara and his neighbors returned on Friday to shovel and mop mud out of their houses.
—Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Later in the show, Martin returned sans geeky costume to discuss the future of Coldplay.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Service was restored to full capacity on Tuesday after extensive repairs to the track and trackside equipment.Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
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About 217,000 are without power in the western part of the state, the release says; 93% of substations have been restored online; and 16 CVS pharmacies are closed in his district.Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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Dockworkers on the West Coast yielded some of that control over automation more than 50 years ago, Elzway explained.Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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But there were plenty of other great options—including budget-friendly salt and sugar scrubs—that yielded surprisingly great results too.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
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Poggio al Tesoro responded by initiating around-the-clock efforts to bring in the remainder of their fruit.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The junta has not responded to CNN’s request for comment.Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Huppert explained to Lim that she and other cast members were not provided with a script or any guidance about the story in advance.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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No quantum physics jargon or any sort of full explanation is provided, but there are people who control what happens on this side of the portal.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Howard was the only candidate who replied to The Republic's survey, which sought the candidates' views on key issues that have recently animated the state Legislature.Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement All candidates replied.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Gavin gave of his whole self to our community, both in his performances and his charitable work.Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Ballmer funded the Intuit Dome and his wife, Connie Ballmer, gave Newsom’s campaign $1 million in 2021 to help fight a recall election against the governor.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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This growth has had a substantial impact on music catalog values, with streaming accounting for 62% of the average multiple of net publisher's share paid for a publishing catalog.Kori Hale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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That assumes only 50% of the fines are actually paid, and an average of 137,000 criminal convictions in the state a year, a figure based on information from the Administrative Office of the Courts.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Returned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/returned. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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