caved

past tense of cave

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caved
Verb
  • The application deadline has been extended to January 24, 2025, with prescreening requirements — ranging from two original rap songs, four original beats, a turntable performance, or a beatbox performance — submitted by video before a live audition.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • According to measurements submitted to the weather service, snowfall totals ranged between 8 and 13 inches in the Kansas City area.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • University leaders in Wisconsin, North Carolina, North Dakota, Virginia, Kentucky, and Texas have capitulated to jawboning efforts, shuttering DEI offices and LGBTQ studies programs when they are not required by law to do so.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The full 2004-05 season was lost before the players capitulated, and the same system remains in place today.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Analysis by the think tank outlines how despite Putin's record spending, Russia's military industrial complex (MIC) is still beset by labor and component shortages, a collapse in arms exports and difficulties in modernizing.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Los Blancos are also desperate for solutions at centre-back, given the injury woes that have beset Éder Militão and David Alaba these past 12 months.
    Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Caved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caved. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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