DOCKED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of dock

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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as in shaved

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument the boxer's tail was docked soon after birth

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past tense of dock

as in landed

to stop at or near a place along the shore the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning

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Jessica Martinez was welcomed home by cheering crowds as the USS Abraham Lincoln docked in San Diego earlier this month after a long wartime deployment to the Middle East. — Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 First off, the Neko has two wireless inputs with 1/4-inch jacks that magnetically attach to the device and charge up when docked. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 The process starts with a three-dimensional model of the binding site, into which the peptide is docked until the fit is precise, which Knight compares to a key in a lock. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors say workers were paid less than $2 an hour, illegally docked money for housing and denied overtime for working up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors say workers were paid less than $2 an hour, were illegally docked money for housing and denied overtime for working up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 But Russia has also increasingly deployed its own aerial drones and sea drones to attack Ukrainian ships and ports, along with attacking international commercial ships carrying grain and other cargo from Ukraine or docked in Ukrainian ports. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026 Running back Kenneth Walker was fined $8,000 by the NFL for throwing the ball out of the end zone in the Chiefs’ season opener against the Denver Broncos, and guard Trey Smith was docked $6,750 for a chop block in that game. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 Ships believed to be from Myanmar were docked at the nearby Lumut naval base. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

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In November 1959, President Ben-Zvi shortened the sentences of the last two men still in prison, Shmuel Malinki and Gavriel Dahan.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Practically no major league has shortened its regular season calendar on a permanent basis.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Chance had five punts land inside the Baylor 20-yard line, including two that landed inside the Bears’ 5-yard line.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Some artifacts found on the island indicate Earhart and Noonan’s plane may have landed there, including glass bottles from the 1930s and a woman’s makeup compact, the expedition said.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

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That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom’s video.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom's video.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Adrien Michel, winner of the 2025 le19M Métiers d’Art Prize, introduced a capsule inspired by Marcel Breuer’s Cesca B34 chair, anchored by a shirt that folds out of a leather case made with Studio MTX.

— Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
The primary driver of the forecast is a powerful El Niño event anchored across the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

— Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Sullivan denied that the law would cut Medicaid for Alaskans, saying the Affordable Care Act had a greater impact and raised insurance premiums in the state drastically.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The new version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been cut from a five-hour show performed across two parts to a single three-hour performance as it is performed on Broadway.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026

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That defense had Jason Taylor, Joey Porter, Zach Thomas, Channing Crowder, Keith Traylor, Vonnie Holliday, Yeremiah Bell, Will Allen and Renaldo Hill on it to start the season, but injuries trimmed the fat.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
With no takers, the price tag was trimmed to $20 million in April.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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