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seen

American  
[seen] / sin /

verb

  1. past participle of see.

seen British  
/ siːn /

verb

  1. the past participle of see 1

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Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart as the two walked toward her dormitory at Cal State San Luis Obispo after a 1996 Memorial Day weekend party.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

I’ve also seen much younger viewers cringe at the suggestion of staring at anything rendered in gray scale that has a running time longer than a “Twilight Zone” episode.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

We've even seen how results of teams eventually fall in line with their underlying numbers over the course of this season, with early overachievers Aston Villa and Sunderland.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

That is little changed from the prior month and from 12 months earlier, but it remains well above a prepandemic average of 17.1% seen from 2017 to 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

She was happier than I’d seen her in ages, and so was I. As we left the house that morning, she kissed me goodbye, and then whispered something in my ear as she hugged me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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