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entered

  • past participle
    of enter.
    enter
    verb (used without object)
    to come or go in.
  • past tense form
    of enter.
    enter
    verb (used without object)
    to come or go in.

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But the family entered the country under humanitarian parole, which allows them to remain for one year, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But by then it was too late for some pupils who had already lost their chance of a specific university course, because they had entered clearing.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Lakers entered the game averaging a league-best 128 points per game and the Trail Blazers were right behind them at 126 points per game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's runoff election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday, entered Argentina on Tuesday night before boarding a flight to Ecuador, the country's National Directorate of Migration said on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

I have changed, have moved back in time, have entered an altered state, a primitive state.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen