FREQUENTED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

frequented

verb

past tense of frequent

as in haunted

to go to or spend time in often like their counterparts elsewhere, the town's teenagers like to frequent the local malls

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Recent Examples of frequented Coleman’s daughter Lynn Coleman Hudson told the crowd at Thursday’s ceremony her father was inspired by the kids who frequented his business, Coleman’s Westside Sundries. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026 Maxim’s continues to be a destination for the stylish set today, with A-listers like Naomi Campbell, Sharon Stone and Bad Bunny all having frequented the hotspot in recent years. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 And the booth frequented by gangster Mickey Cohen will stay put. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Here were once waterfront villas, a cathedral, a busy market frequented by tourists. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Investigators also discovered that Alfozan had used a workplace productivity tool to research company buildings, conference room locations, meeting schedules, and areas frequented by executives. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026 This was the neighborhood where Jack the Ripper frequented and killed many of his victims and Merrick has been considered a potential Ripper by certain sections of the internet. — Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Orphaned, the children are taken in by their irreverent aunt Berta, and begin a new life in the big city in a house frequented by intellectuals and where all kinds of political conspiracies are hatched. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 The markings lead some experts to believe that the site had ceremonial purposes for the seminomadic herders known to have frequented the area thousands of years ago. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

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Berryman’s own father had committed suicide, and the thought that this was somehow to be his destiny too haunted him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Finally, the wind seemed to permanently lie down, though storm clouds still haunted the horizon, forcing the sunset to squeeze beneath them, its rays condensed into a lurid, painterly slash.

— Heidi Julavits, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

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Switzerland's foreign ministry told The Associated Press on Friday that the woman, married to a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria, had not visited Congo and was believed to have contracted Ebola while traveling to Uganda.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Mann said he’s visited about 70 of the state’s counties during his campaign, talking to law enforcement and prosecutors.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

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