Synonyms for observed
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1. ascertained, discovered, observedadjective

   discovered or determined by scientific observation

   "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"

   Synonyms:
   ascertained, discovered

   Antonyms:
   undetermined

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1. List of paraphrases for "observed":

   noted, seen, respected, found, noticed, remarked, observe, adhered, commented, recorded, sighted, witnessed, detected, celebrated, watched, observable, complied, identified, met, followed, encountered

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1. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

2. Mark Eakin:

   We are currently experiencing the longest globalcoral bleaching event ever observed, we may be looking at a 2- to 2-year-long event. Some areas have already seen bleaching two years in a row.

3. Li Jianjun:

   This has actually been the norm that we have observed over the past few years. Whenever there is downward pressure on an economic front, there is a tendency or desire from the industry and policymakers to unleash large-scale infrastructure projects.

4. Peter Horby:

   That is the most plausible biological explanation for (both) the observed increase in transmissibility and, possibly, the increase in severity that we might be seeing.

5. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary:

   When do those start finding their way into the immigration flow ? when we observe that happening -- and we have not observed that happening -- that will begin to affect our calculus on the southern border and having to be more aggressive, potentially using some legal authorities that we're not engaging right now.