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discussed

American  
[dih-skuhst] / dɪˈskʌst /

adjective

  1. having been talked or written about, especially in order to debate or explore solutions.

    The proposed new parking garage has been a widely discussed topic in recent months.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of discuss.

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Etymology

Origin of discussed

discuss ( def. ) + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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The WHO head met Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and said they discussed "cross-border collaboration".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And Rossetti isn’t alone in seeing a spiritual nexus of a topic that, at least in secular circles, is more commonly discussed in the context of aliens.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

But the fact that your golf buddy never discussed any political topic could merely mean that people are there to golf.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Defense officials have discussed how they could use Starship, the massive rocket SpaceX is developing to deploy bigger payloads to orbit and conduct deeper space missions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In the cafeteria, where spectators wolfed down the local variety of lamb-based hot dogs and gurgled bottles of 2 percent Icelandic beer, the action on the stage was discussed vociferously.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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