appeared

verb

past tense of appear
1
as in showed
to come into view a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

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2
as in seemed
to give the impression of being it appears that he doesn't hear you

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3
as in began
to come into existence the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

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4
as in arrived
to get to a destination a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

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Recent Examples of appeared The fourth-year pro with blazing speed had an impressive training camp and appeared to be one of the team’s main kick returners. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 During Copenhagen Fashion Week, the monochrome palette appeared on nearly every showgoer—a stark contrast to the week’s historically maximalist approach. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026 In all three cases, authorities have appeared to suggest their deaths were accidental. — Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Basically, this small insect appeared to preserve a transitional stage as its lineage gradually adapted from aquatic life to living on land. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Another scrap of Shakespeare appeared, longer this time, echoing down the corridor of memory. — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Ibrahimovic appeared surprised when Haaland later showed him the finished look during a video call. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Then this time a manager appeared from pop heaven, the wonderful Melvin Tubb. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Fabares appeared in 192 episodes and left the series in 1965. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeared
  1. showed
  2. seemed
  3. began
  4. arrived
  5. unfolded
  6. looked
  7. started
  8. came
Verb
  • The win showed progress, but just a small amount at this point.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Earl showed precision with both short and deep balls, like on successive 45-yard scoring tosses.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of showed
Verb
  • Other Surrealists, meanwhile, seemed to take from animals a license to exploit other (generally female) bodies, as in Clovis Trouille’sJustine(1937), in which both a naked female figure and a lion are bound and captive.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • To the outside observer, the hearing for the soft-spoken man with the graying mustache may have seemed like any other, save for the FBI agents from the public corruption squad sitting in the back.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of seemed
Verb
  • Since Starmer's political crisis began brewing in early May, the pound has fallen nearly 3% cumulative against the dollar.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Without a clear message from Warsh, investors began to doubt the Fed’s inflation-fighting resolve.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of began
Verb
  • Pawloski said Amazon seemed to invest fewer resources into improving MTurk at the same time as more data labeling services arrived, causing many turkers to shift to competing platforms.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • London — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived back in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, according to multiple British media outlets.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • Miami doesn’t play either team this season, but with the way the conference’s standings unfolded last season, every game has a chance to impact who makes it to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the conference title game in December.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The war has unfolded in fits and starts, with bursts of overwhelming American firepower repeatedly giving way to promises that diplomacy might bring it to an end.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfolded
Verb
  • In the past, BioCryst would have looked internally to develop its pipeline.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Over the last few years, the AI talent market has looked more like a professional sports draft than a conventional hiring cycle.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of looked
Verb
  • The nature of college football is that star players can emerge from relative anonymity, which makes predicting who will be the biggest before the season has even started a difficult endeavor.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Alternative fuel sources saving some money for districts The Council Rock School District in lower Bucks County started migrating to propane back in the 2022-23 school year.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of started
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came

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“Appeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeared. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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