flashed

verb

Definition of flashednext
past tense of flash
1
as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award

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2
as in displayed
to present so as to invite notice or attention flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner

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3
as in twinkled
to shine with light at regular intervals the disco lights flashed, and the revelers danced

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4
as in announced
to make known openly or publicly flashed the news of the royal birth around the world

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashed
  1. announced
  2. exhibited
  3. published
  4. showed
  5. declared
  6. unveiled
  7. exposed
Verb
  • On November 20, Palo Alto Networks reported beat expectations, raised guidance, and announced a 2-for-1 stock split effective December 13, Investopedia reported.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The sequel film was announced in February 2024 by Disney CEO Bob Iger.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of announced
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  • Again, this is the case because the level of intelligence exhibited is up for grabs.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Over the course of the two-week experiment, the rats exhibited strikingly different behaviors when faced with the combination of quinine and cocaine.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhibited
Verb
  • Yesterday, Out published Dumont’s first public comments on the matter.
    James Factora, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Variety was one of many press outlets around the world that published some of the information that emerged from emails and other materials unearthed by the hack.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of published
Verb
  • Video of the air rescue showed the Coast Guard helicopter lift the hiker on a stretcher from the forest below.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as an always-on helper in your life.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of showed
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  • Meanwhile, Puerto Rico has already declared an epidemic in late March with over 4,900 cases and at least nine deaths reported.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Famine has been declared in Zamzam camp in North Darfur, where shelling on Tuesday killed seven people, according to Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the Coordinating Committee for Displaced People.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of declared
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  • Eight years later, a statue in his honor was unveiled in the city’s Little Italy.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, a Tax Notes investigation unveiled how money sheltered in offshore insurance investment vehicles has eluded IRS auditors hampered by poor training and silos within the agency.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of unveiled
Verb
  • The shutdown exposed serious risks around relying solely on external manufacturing.
    Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Put simply, if Apple and Google collaborated on an encryption bridge between their platforms, this wouldn’t have happened in this way, and user messaging communications would not have been exposed.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of exposed
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