corresponded

verb

past tense of correspond
1
as in wrote
to engage in an exchange of written messages old friends who have been corresponding for years

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2
as in coincided
to be in agreement on every point the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests

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Recent Examples of corresponded To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving. — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The initiative confirmed that the number tracking device found on the dead animal corresponded with the one that had been attached to the whale, German news agency dpa reported. — ABC News, 16 May 2026 But investigators later determined that none of these milestones corresponded to a real pregnancy. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 12 June 2026 McMahon corresponded with his professors. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026 Epstein and Wade, who was born in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne, struck up a relationship that lasted several years and corresponded regularly, the records show. — Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 To my surprise, Krassner and Epstein corresponded until May 2019, two months before the latter’s arrest. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 In Conversation with Peter Mishler For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corresponded
  1. wrote
  2. coincided
  3. agreed
  4. conformed
  5. consisted
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  • Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and wrote the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Long also wrote over the clip, which showed the family of three sitting by the water and opening a bottle of champagne.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
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  • This has coincided with government officials appearing more open to widespread use of air conditioning.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Those investments have coincided with a broader shift in inventory management.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of coincided
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  • More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • The trade was agreed to shortly before midnight on June 22 prior to being formalized on Monday.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of agreed
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  • That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
    — Kevin Baxter Follow June 7, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Definition of conformed
Verb
  • Transplants from the British Isles In 1776, as the nation’s founding generation proclaimed democratic ideals, music in the emerging United States consisted largely of British ballads, fiddle tunes, sea chanteys and hymns.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Her diet consisted primarily of mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and finely diced chicken cubes.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 24 June 2026
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