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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Disney moved to compel the case into arbitration because years ago, the husband had subscribed to Disney+, and the subscription agreement contained an arbitration provision.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Under the billionaire, the blue tick instead became a symbol showing that an account had subscribed to X Premium - previously called Twitter Blue - with a verification process attached to that payment.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
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
He had subscribed to KO Magazine as a kid and idolized fighters such as Julio Cesar Chavez and Paul Gonzales, but he knew he'd never be a boxer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2015
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
