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verb

past tense of regard
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as in considered
to think of in a particular way I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety

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Recent Examples of regarded
Verb
Historically, failure in any situation has been regarded as the worst possible outcome. Leen Kawas, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Setbacks are never regarded as failures─only opportunities to improve and excel. Leen Kawas, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regarded
Verb
  • And recognition of Russian annexations is rightly considered a nonstarter for both Ukraine and its Western backers.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This team needs to be considered a legit Super Bowl contender after its impressive win over the Steelers on Saturday.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But that did not mean the city’s trajectory had to be admired.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Early on, the two families got together for a youth football game, and Perri Owens admired how protective foster mom Beth Dickerson was — and how the foster mom had a no-nonsense, direct approach with the boys.
    Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Providing a customer signature experience means a valued and distinctive experience for your customers based on the foundational elements of expert guidance, confidence in the project schedule and appreciation of their business.
    Pamela Kan, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • And of course, the most valued and highly viewed sports programming, the playoffs, rarely shows up on RSNs but is usually broadcast exclusively on national cable networks.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 8 June 2022
Verb
  • Gi-hun is followed back to the games by a Seoul police officer, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon), who is looking for his missing brother, In-ho.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Police believe owner may have been followed.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Pesto’s fame quickly spread after a public gender reveal, and he was viewed close to two billion times on social media.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The post had been viewed 167,800 times by Monday.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Conclusion Government oversight and enforcement is, of course, necessary to ensure that the legal standards passed by Congress are properly implemented and respected.
    Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • There are things that should always be respected, and many are forgetting everything that wrestling has given them.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The guns were sawed into pieces and turned into scrap metal, prompting outrage from the trade association National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Rifle Association.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • With numerous experts claiming to offer the best services, brands must seek out professionals who are certified by esteemed regulatory bodies.
    Harshit Jain, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • More recently, at a time that feels similarly tumultuous and chaotic, Colonial Williamsburg and the Jane Austen House Museum have drawn a new wave of interest by teaming up with esteemed design brands to bring archival textiles, wallpapers, and paint colors to new life.
    Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Regarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regarded. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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