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as in accepted
to regard as right or true
only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal
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as in thought
to have as an opinion
despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"
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Recent Examples of believed
Jennifer had set a goal to acquire a business in 2024 and believed the right opportunity would come without forcing it.
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Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Lula underwent surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage after the 79-year-old leader complained of headaches that doctors believed to be the result of a fall in a bathroom at his home in October.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead.
—Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Since the matchup, many believed the pair would meet again.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That incident was believed to be a suicide, the website reported.
—Roger Simmons, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
The company behind a search for pilot Amelia Earhart's possible crash site in the Pacific said a sonar image believed to resemble her plane turned out to be the sea floor's normal shapes.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
The intensive public battle didn’t start until 1989, when Senna passed Prost at Imola during a restart, breaking what Prost believed to be a gentleman’s agreement.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Lula underwent surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage after the 79-year-old leader complained of headaches that doctors believed to be the result of a fall in a bathroom at his home in October.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead.
—Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Since the matchup, many believed the pair would meet again.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That incident was believed to be a suicide, the website reported.
—Roger Simmons, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
The company behind a search for pilot Amelia Earhart's possible crash site in the Pacific said a sonar image believed to resemble her plane turned out to be the sea floor's normal shapes.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
The intensive public battle didn’t start until 1989, when Senna passed Prost at Imola during a restart, breaking what Prost believed to be a gentleman’s agreement.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believed
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Once you are accepted, you will be contacted by a legacy ambassador to set up a time to visit Beam’s Clermont campus to pick a barrel.Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Coincidentally, one of its most loyal fans, Mathew Meyers, saw the post, inspiring him to make an offer that the Morans later accepted.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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It's thought that the 3,000 megaliths of the Carnac Stones in Brittany, France, mark the extreme positions of the moon during a major lunar standstill.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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De Sole, who’d been a member of Gap’s board until 2017, thought Posen would be a great fit.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some students, Adams said, may not have understood why Pepperdine had developed a shelter-in-place policy.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some can be understood as important catalysts for techno-scientific progress.Byrne Hobart, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
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Concealing a firearm is a separate charge and is considered a third-degree felony in Pennsylvania, according to attorney Price Benowitz's firm.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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She was reportedly considered for White House chief of staff before Susie Wiles was named to the role.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This cryptographic procedure makes passkeys more secure than passwords because the private key cannot be intercepted, guessed or stolen.Mark Vena, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Bleacher Report guessed Soto’s deal would be 13 years, $569 million, which would give him a $183 million payoff.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ball imagined wooing Posen, but instead Posen came onstage afterward and gave Ball a correction.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, over on Middle Earth, Tolkien had already imagined Éowyn, Miranda Otto’s character and a shieldmaiden of Rohan.Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tazewell uses black in many different fabrications and leans into using a felting technique to depict the deeper story behind Erivo’s character.Essence, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
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The massive, winding fabric sculpture, stretching nearly 150 feet long, will be suspended from its roof, in all its crocheted, beaded, and felted glory, until October 31.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 June 2024
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The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board exonerated her in one instance and deemed all of the other allegations either unfounded or unsubstantiated.Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Regulatory agencies like the FDA and EMA set strict limits on nitrosamine levels in medications, and if a product exceeds these limits, it may be deemed unsafe for consumption, prompting a recall.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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