CONFIDED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

confided

verb

past tense of confide

as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care

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Recent Examples of confided At a recent legacy nonprofit gala, a colleague confided that the event was the same thing—and the same people—year after year. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Then Rocha saw him a year later, and the student confided that college just wasn’t for him. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Aylesworth says her mother previously confided that Brian Hooker choked her. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead, Shawn stages his story as a panel of intimate testimonies, confided to us alone. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 Whitlock reveals that to keep news of Husky out of the press, Ike called war correspondents together and confided plans for Husky. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026 The game warden who conducted my background check confided that the state is so hard up for hunte-ed instructors that hunting experience is no longer a requirement for teaching the class. — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

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The deal also included no guard rails for how the $10 million should be spent, allowing it to be handed directly to two organizations without any effort to seek competitive bids.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Crawford, a longtime supporter of Ukraine and a devotee of the American pit bull terrier, came forward and handed a reddish-yellow puppy to Zelensky.

— Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of handed

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District 203 is entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer resources.

— Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Throughout his career, Satsky has been entrusted with highly confidential information involving some of the largest and most significant transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, his lawyer, Anello said.

— Chase Jordan August 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of entrusted

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Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Definition of gave

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Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferred

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Lenzing’s supervisory board continues to include 10 members elected by shareholders, with Patrick Lackenbucher remaining chairman, as well as five members delegated by the company’s works council.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
Critics of consolidating pretrial under probation units say that law enforcement officers should not be delegated to deal with presumably innocent clients.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegated

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It is generally recommended to stock up on supplies that will last you anywhere between three days and a week.

— Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
DeSantis said Florida would not follow the advisory, which recommended policies including universal background checks for gun purchases and requirements for secure storage.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of recommended

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From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
That's a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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