entered
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past participleof enter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
enterverb (used without object)to come or go in. -
past tense formof enter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enterverb (used without object)to come or go in.
Example Sentences
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Several then entered, one spray painting an anarchist "A" symbol on an inside wall, before police intervened to disperse them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
And regardless of who should take more of the blame, the result was the same: a compromised version of Ohtani entered the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
And to that Justice Alito responded: “After Obergefell, people of the same sex got married and entered into contracts, and so there was much, it was much more concrete.”
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The company entered agreements with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes Energy Services to procure equipment for the on-site power plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The next time Daisy entered my room she was all decked out in her nurse’s uniform.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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