mooted

verb

past tense of moot
1
as in introduced
to present or bring forward for discussion conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted

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2
as in discussed
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike

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Recent Examples of mooted Line of Duty producer World Productions has submitted separate plans to reimagine the Time Lord after CEO Simon Heath recently mooted his interest in the Doctor Who tender. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 The presence of Cummins and Molineux, alongside key national team players Travis Head and Ellyse Perry, was significant given concerns expressed by the Australian Cricketers’ Association since the idea of BBL privatisation was first mooted. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 He has been rumored as a possible hire at Giorgio Armani in the wake of the founder’s death one year ago, and mooted for such diverse brands as Kenzo and Calvin Klein, which currently have incumbent creative directors. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 A day before a hearing on that matter, Hogan emailed the judge’s clerk asking if prosecutors still needed to appear since, in his office’s view, the issue was mooted by the dismissal of the indictment. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 The bill has not yet become law, and its potential impact has been partly mooted by the White House going ahead and releasing the four tranches of documents on its own. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 Aluminium Bahrain is pressing ahead with a plan to buy France’s Aluminium Dunkerque, but the price has risen sharply since the idea was first mooted earlier in the year. — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooted
  1. introduced
  2. discussed
  3. raised
  4. debated
  5. argued
Verb
  • Everyone duly introduced, the crew gets to work preparing for the first charter.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • First introduced on Italy’s Canale 5 in 1999, the word game has appeared in more than 10,000 episodes across 12 countries, according to Good Formats.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduced
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  • Notable In 2025, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing, a hot mic picked up a conversation between Putin and Xi in which the two discussed organ transplants and the possibility of living forever.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The agency and private space company SpaceX have also discussed sending humans to Mars in the not-so-distant future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of discussed
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  • The row reached the competition jury’s press conference the day after the opening ceremony, where a reporter raised the question of historical fact and creative freedom.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Alternatively, funding is raised by high-yield corporate bond issuance or private credit borrowing.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of raised
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  • Scholars of her work have debated why women seldom take center stage.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The exact quantity of water consumed by AI data centers remains debated.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of debated
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  • Some economists argued that government attempts to intervene in the economy were doomed to fail.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Among the clues supporting an asteroid origin are mineral and chemical signatures identified in material collected from the region that researchers have argued are consistent with a stony or carbonaceous asteroid.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of argued

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“Mooted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooted. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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