crowned

verb

past tense of crown
as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies

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Recent Examples of crowned Raspberry ganache peanut butter brownie bites are crowned with dark chocolate ganache and a bright touch of raspberry. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 In the 2000 comedy movie, Bullock’s Gracie Hart/Gracie Lou Freebush is named runner-up in the Miss United States pageant, and her close friend and Miss Rhode Island Cheryl (Heather Burns) is crowned the winner. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 Continue your journey back through time in Morella, a Gothic walled hilltop city crowned by an ancient castle. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 Inside, the three-story mansion has a state dining room lined with an antique Persian carpet, a foyer crowned by an 18th-century French chandelier, and a formal living room with an Irish grandfather clock dating to 1770. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026 Since then, a new Head of Household was crowned, three new houseguests were nominated for eviction, a Power of Veto competition was played and a POV meeting was held. — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Twenty-four dunkers competed across four live events before ​​Cam Hazzard was crowned the Dunkman World Champion and claimed the $500,000 grand prize. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Vanessa Williams became the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 On Thursday night, a new queen was crowned at the Ziff Opera House, part of the Arsht Center downtown. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowned
  1. finished
  2. culminated
  3. completed
  4. concluded
Verb
  • Jurors finished yet another day of deliberations in the trial of Lindsay Clancy without reaching a verdict.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The interior, meanwhile, measures 35 sq m (376 sq ft) and is finished in wood, lending it a cozy cabin-like feel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of finished
Verb
  • DeLand bounces back with a drive culminated by a 5-yard TD run by Cameron Gensler.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That culminated in the launch of a multibillion-dollar, live-action film franchise in 2007 by Michael Bay.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of culminated
Verb
  • Chaparral flies autonomously Elroy Air completed a new series of autonomous, uncrewed flight tests of its Chaparral cargo aircraft under the US Department of Transportation and FAA’s eIPP project.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Google said the model excels at coding and on some benchmarks, its performance equalled that of larger models from rival AI companies, but completed them at a much lower cost.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of completed
Verb
  • The costars continued on Yellowstone Dutton Ranch until the fifth and final season concluded in December 2024.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Future Factor Judge Leon concluded that the government had just failed to show that the AT&T-Time Warner merger would substantially lessen competition.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concluded

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“Crowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowned. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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