had

American  

[had] / hæd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of have.

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had British  

/ hæd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of have

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had Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing had

• have

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Example Sentences

But the Dow transportation average had gone much longer without a fresh record high; prior to Tuesday, its most recent record finish occurred on Nov. 25, 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch

By that point, the number of workers who remained out on the picket line had dwindled to 28 from the original 120 who walked out at the beginning of the strike.

From MarketWatch

And it said the bank had more broadly failed to build appropriate guardrails to protect confidential information about capital-markets transactions from leaking.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lockheed Martin said Tuesday it had struck a deal with the Pentagon to more than triple production of Patriot missile interceptors to about 2,000 interceptors a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Stein, who died Nov. 5 at the age of 88, had what his biographer, Sam Gennawey, called “the imagination of opportunity.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• maintained
• received
• saved