proceeded

verb

Definition of proceedednext
past tense of proceed
as in progressed
to move forward along a course you may proceed with your plan

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Recent Examples of proceeded The defendants, as a result, sought to stop the release as the case proceeded. — Robert Legare, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025 At the same time, the US proceeded with developing and enacting the National Cybersecurity Strategy, setting standards, and mandating the establishment of a State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proceeded
  1. progressed
  2. went
  3. came
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  • Allen — who has steadily received more playing time as the season has progressed based on his defense but has also shown flashes offensively and has displayed solid free-throw shooting — played the best of the bunch, scoring nine points in 22 minutes of play and grabbing five rebounds.
    — Grant Salsman, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Supermodel Heidi Klum, who progressed into a mainstay judge of American’s Got Talent on NBC, is returning to her roots in the reality/competition space.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of progressed
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  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of went
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  • The Razorbacks’ marquee win came against a Playoff team in Tennessee, but that didn’t spark a surge at all.
    — Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Shortly after, came the US Olympic trials.
    — Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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