had

[had]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of have.

had

/ hæd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of have

Idioms and Phrases

• have

Example Sentences

Participants who produced more methane also had higher levels of short-chain fatty acids, indicating that more energy was being created and absorbed in the gut.

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Corrin Rankin, chair of the California Republican Party, had specifically asked the Justice Department to send monitors to the five counties in a letter to the Justice Department on Monday.

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Customs and Border Protection agents noticed he had an active warrant.

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The sitter had to be one of only nine black soldiers known to have been awarded the Waterloo Medal, as seen in the portrait, the museum's art curator Anna Lavelle said.

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"Others suggested we trade it for goats, but we refused because it had become part of the family."

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