godfathered

verb

past tense of godfather
as in accompanied

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godfathered
  1. accompanied
  2. coached
  3. attended
  4. escorted
  5. engineered
  6. guided
  7. taught
  8. led
Verb
  • As costs kept climbing, many health economists were reluctant to probe the wasteful spending that accompanied the consolidation frenzy.
    — Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Children under 12 must be accompanied by a supervising companion who is at least 14 years old.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • My mom coached my sister in high school, and then my dad kind of coached me growing up.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
  • May coached nearby Florida Atlantic to the 2023 Final Four and his son, Jack, worked in Miami's video room before joining his father's Dallas staff.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of coached
Verb
  • OutKick had attended all 13 formal press conferences during the first three Finals games without being called on.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Cook attended high school in Round Rock, near Austin, and spent his first two seasons at TCU.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of attended
Verb
  • On arrival, we were escorted across a wooden bridge to the famous ornate jewel-laden golden door.
    — Kate Berlant, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mounted cavalry units escorted Carney's vehicle to the sprawling Turkish presidential compound, where a welcoming ceremony was held.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of escorted
Verb
  • The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each vessel is engineered to deploy up to 600 megawatts of electricity.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of engineered
Verb
  • God has put people in your way who have guided you and assisted you.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Spotify had guided to slower MAU growth in the third quarter, pointing to changes to products in emerging countries to help the company better monetize its user bases.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of taught
Verb
  • In April this year, a European consortium led by Belgian telecommunications company Proximus won one of four contracts together worth up to €180 million under the Commission’s sovereign cloud procurement programme.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As Comcast, led by Brian Roberts and Michael Cavanagh, reported its third-quarter financials, Peacock posted a pre-tax profit of $261 million, which followed a $189 million profit in the most recent second quarter and a $217 million year-ago loss.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of led
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