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keyed

American  
[keed] / kid /

adjective

  1. fitted with keys.

  2. fastened or secured by a key.

  3. Music. pitched in a specific key.

  4. reinforced by a keystone.

  5. coordinated, as with a basic color or idea; harmonized (sometimes used in combination).

    color-keyed carpeting.


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Origin of keyed

First recorded in 1790–1800; key 1 + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Home runs by Anaiyah Popoalii and Ashannalee Titialii keyed the win.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Was Seattle’s five-run inning, which keyed a 6–0 win, real?

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

Oak Street operated on a capitation basis under the Medicare Advantage program—which meant the bulk of its revenues were keyed off the number of enrolled Medicare patients, leaving it vulnerable to higher-than-expected expenses.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

That was how Naomi’s brain, still keyed to Spanish, stored the words her mother sent her with when the second disaster came just after Naomi’s seventh birthday.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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