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as in bragged
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner
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Recent Examples of boasted
The head coach has always boasted about being able to pick two national team rosters, such is the depth of the talent pool in the United States.
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Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
By December 1871, the number of detainees in South Carolina had doubled and prosecutors boasted about having secured 49 guilty pleas.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Friday on Truth Social, posting a graphic that boasted his popularity on the platform and the billions of views his official accounts and hashtags associated with him have garnered.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Clues to how people of the past spent their free time abound, from a medieval chess piece and six-sided die discovered in a German castle to an ancient Roman villa in Albania that boasted an indoor pool.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
After the election, the network boasted a record 70% share of the total cable news audience.
—Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Dec. 2024
As expected, Netflix boasted quite an impressive audience for its two Christmas Day NFL matchups.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
The film, which boasted a budget of $250 million, only opened to $32 million in the United States with mediocre reviews (the film currently has a 30% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes).
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Both pitchers boasted a ground-ball rate higher than 50 percent last season.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
By December 1871, the number of detainees in South Carolina had doubled and prosecutors boasted about having secured 49 guilty pleas.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Friday on Truth Social, posting a graphic that boasted his popularity on the platform and the billions of views his official accounts and hashtags associated with him have garnered.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Clues to how people of the past spent their free time abound, from a medieval chess piece and six-sided die discovered in a German castle to an ancient Roman villa in Albania that boasted an indoor pool.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
After the election, the network boasted a record 70% share of the total cable news audience.
—Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Dec. 2024
As expected, Netflix boasted quite an impressive audience for its two Christmas Day NFL matchups.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
The film, which boasted a budget of $250 million, only opened to $32 million in the United States with mediocre reviews (the film currently has a 30% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes).
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Both pitchers boasted a ground-ball rate higher than 50 percent last season.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boasted
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What is not consistent with Kraft’s narrative is the notion that Carter bragged about the shuttle to Brezhnev and then felt compelled to follow through with the shuttle’s development for this reason.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.—
Parker Yesko,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2024
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Some of the genetic samples from the patient contained gene mutations that might help H5N1 infect people more easily.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Jabbar's truck contained an ISIS flag.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Also, the Heat held the NBA’s 14th-worst record at the start of the skid and now has the league’s eighth-worst record this season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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The couple married on July 25, 2020, and held their wedding celebration on July 9, 2022, at MSU’s Breslin Student Events Center, where the basketball team plays.—
Alexandra Hurtado,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Boasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boasted. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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