toted

verb

past tense of tote
as in carried
to support and take from one place to another toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing

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Recent Examples of toted Flight 13 toted 20 Starlink V3s, but Ship deployed them into suborbital space; the satellites will be placed into an operational orbit on the upcoming mission, if all goes to plan, Musk said. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026 There was defender Jules Koundé, who toted a Louis Vuitton monogrammed duffel, followed by forward Ousmane Dembélé, who sported an Hermès Haut à Courroies—sometimes referred to as an HAC—in black leather and big enough to carry a stowaway. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026 By the time the girls were toddlers, they were being toted to tennis lessons, then to Sochi for better coaching, then to France for academy training. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 June 2026 Holding her clutch in one hand, Gellar also toted a cutout of Samara Weaving's face on a stick so her co-star, who couldn't make the red carpet, would still be included in photos at the event. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026 Kim also toted a mini brown and white purse with a brogue-like design aligning with her pumps. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026 So did fashionable women, who toted them around town as a chic accessory, Labubus avant la lettre. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 In September 2025, Kylie Jenner toted a rare Birkin worth $163,000 while traveling on her private jet. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026 Staffers baked up a storm at home and proudly toted their treats to work. — Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toted
  1. carried
  2. hauled
  3. ferried
  4. transported
  5. brought
Verb
  • Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • More than 200 walruses were hauled out on the beach, grunting and groaning, wriggling and jostling for position.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Yet no one hauled him before Congress to answer for stoking racial tensions, snubbing George Washington, or making America sad on her birthday.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hauled
Verb
  • Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
  • He’s now being ferried around the Ankara airport in a food service vehicle to a third aircraft, leaving the crew and other administration personnel to leave on a plane that was presumably under threat.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of ferried
Verb
  • The woman was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The officers involved in the shooting were transported to a local area hospital for evaluation while Cisneros was taken to Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of transported
Verb
  • The 2026 midterms have brought a number of generational challenges like the one Moulton is waging against Markey, with younger Democrats taking on — and in some cases unseating — longtime incumbents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Wemlinger says the cyclical nature of design trends has brought these colors back, but the nostalgia factor is changing how they’re used.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of brought

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