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verb

past tense of resign

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of resigned
Adjective
While adopting a resigned wait-it-out slouch, a running thread at the summit came down to a simple but actionable question: At what point has the United States entered into a constitutional crisis? Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025 Suddenly, a season of weekly must-win games and hard conversations gave way to a resigned relaxation. Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
But Carter resigned from the Navy in 1953 after his father died. Kathy Lohr, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024 In 2023, Ward served as head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL but resigned after one 3-7 season. Doug Haller, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for resigned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned
Adjective
  • Like the forest, the building is not a passive backdrop.
    Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Why not consider additional sources of long-term income generation, which can develop passive income to support you and your family for years to come?
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • How much money the investor is willing to put up depends on any number of parameters.
    LEW SICHELMAN, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
  • To address the loss in purchasing power since 2019, the state would have to increase the basic allotment by $1,340 — and legislators are not willing to make that commitment for public schools.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.
    Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • And finally… Win as a team, lose as a team, or so the saying goes, but stoic camaraderie is asking a lot of Real Valladolid.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Both fascinating and infuriating, Henry Fonda for President, by Austrian filmmaker Alexander Horwath, examines the dark-browed, blue-eyed stoic Hollywood actor Henry Fonda as more politically significant than his infamously radical daughter, Jane.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Platinum Beauty™ Lomandra is drought tolerant and easy to maintain.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to being deer-resistant, plumbago is tough as nails, drought tolerant, and fast-growing, though not invasive.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These prices tend to reflect the higher yielding asking price versus the lower yielding bid price.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024

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“Resigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resigned. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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