subscribe
verb (used with object)
to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment.
had subscribed
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past perfectof subscribe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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About 550,000 people had subscribed to the company’s two primary services, which hasn’t been enough to keep the company afloat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The survey asked whether recipients had subscribed to newspapers on its Kindle devices and whether they knew magazine content is already bundled with the service.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Between 20,000 and 25,000 people had subscribed since Slate put up the gates in 1998, bringing in almost half a million dollars.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
"This behaviour is not in line with the principles that Russia had subscribed to," says her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2013
Mr. Larson read constantly, and every magazine he had subscribed to or purchased during the past twenty years had ended up in his classroom.
From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements
