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verb

past participle of go
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as in extended
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in become
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in belonged
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in ranged
to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in bet
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gone
Adjective
Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news. Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020 During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria) The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends‘ final season could’ve gone much differently. Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
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This will focus on the season just gone; the next will focus more on 2025. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 Still others have gone belly up and find themselves in receivership with more coming. Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone
Adjective
  • Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At some point, dinosaur diversity peaked, but began to decline for at least two million years before the creatures went extinct.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • The story follows a pastor and a detective who team up for a missing persons case.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Fort Worth Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 76-year-old man, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • Another passenger warns her, conveniently, that pregnant women are returned to their countries of origin and so Alex sobs through each doctor’s inspection, worried that all this pain — this loss of dignity — is for nothing.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In his lap is Benjamin, the young son of his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), whose wife Maria (Rutina Wesley) was pregnant in Season 1.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • Alabama got 24 points from Mark Sears and had excellent defensive stretches but couldn’t finish.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 2 Mar. 2025
  • More Deebo Samuel news: 49ers Send Star WR Deebo Samuel to Commanders in Blockbuster Trade Samuel will take his talents to the nation's capital and look to take the Commanders to the next level after an excellent year for the young Washington team.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
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  • Those children who remained proceeded down Palisades Drive — hand in hand, guided by staff members — to Station 23.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Aldermen then proceeded to outmaneuver the mayor to land a budget with no property tax increase.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • Carter's career in the nuclear Navy coincided with President Harry Truman's abolition of racial segregation in the American military.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Major deadlines for both projects coincided.
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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  • At one point, Brooklyn’s residential footprint extended west of Illinois Route 3 to the river.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Auburn extended the lead to 26 halfway through the second half, but that was when Gates made a change in his lineup, subbing in an entire five of nonstarters that included Marques Warrick.
    Grant Salsman, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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  • Yet his regime collapsed within days of the start of a coordinated rebel offensive.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The 150ft section of the pier that collapsed, which included a restroom, was being worked on after it had been damaged by storms in the past.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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