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rewarded

  • past participle
    of reward.
    reward
    noun
    a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • past tense form
    of reward.
    reward
    noun
    a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.

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“The stocks aren’t being rewarded adequately for the acceleration of those fundamentals,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Ben Collins: After Detroit were hindered by a defensive injury crisis last season, Dan Campbell is rewarded as he gets the Lions roaring again.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

When you join, you hatch a pet bird, and as you complete real-life tasks, your Finch is rewarded with rainbow coins that can be spent on outfits and furniture.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

The team rewarded him with a five-year contract extension worth $230.5 million that made him the NFL’s second-highest paid player at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Then on the fourth day, he was rewarded: One panel of one of the blinds on an upstairs window flipped quickly up and down at eleven o’clock.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix