were

[wur, wer, wair] / wɜr, wər, wɛər /

VERB

exist

Synonyms

STRONG

abide act breathe continue do endure hold inhabit last live move obtain persist prevail remain rest stand stay subsist survive

WEAK

be alive go on have being have place

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue forsake give up go halt idle leave lose pass quit refuse reject stop

VERB

happen

Synonyms

STRONG

befall occur transpire

WEAK

come about come to pass take place

Example Sentences

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Stock markets were back to trading headlines on Wednesday, with major indexes around the world booking solid gains on reports of potential detente between the U.S. and Iran.

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As such, cryptocurrencies were caught between a rock and a hard place early Wednesday.

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“The majority of repurchase requests were made by a limited number of family offices and smaller institutions in select geographies who represent less than 1% of our over 20,000 shareholders,” said Ares.

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KB Home stock was down 4.5% in Wednesday trading as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were both roughly 0.9% higher.

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A couple of peers making the pivot to high-performance computing from crypto mining were also on the rise Wednesday.

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