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passed
[ past, pahst ]
adjective
- Finance. noting a dividend not paid at the usual dividend date.
- U.S. Navy. having successfully completed an examination for promotion, and awaiting a vacancy in the next grade:
a passed chief engineer.
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·貹 adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Armed with whatever passed for cookware in my under-equipped kitchen, he made everything work.
In a place where killing seems omnipresent, the all-too-ordinary death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, may have passed with little more than a moment’s thought for some.
If he is successful, it's due to Texas law's broad definition of legitimate "self-defense," which was passed by Republican lawmakers acting on behalf of gun lobbyists.
This has been passed to the power-unit working group for further refinement.
Within two months the UK parliament had passed a law committing the country to bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
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