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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 June 2025
Family Connect rooms offer interlinking layouts that sleep up to six, perfect for bigger broods.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Mallard plays Marcus, the brooding boy next door and Ginny's love interest.
—EW.com, 5 June 2025
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Verb
With Brant now fully part of the brood, Idol has embraced life as a grandfather to Bonnie’s daughters Poppy, 5, and MaryJane, 3, and Brant’s kids Mackenzie, 4, and Mason, 2.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 June 2025
Family Connect rooms offer interlinking layouts that sleep up to six, perfect for bigger broods.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Noun
For his part, Paco Amoroso explored bold sonic textures in his brooding 2021 album Saeta, further pushing the boundaries of Argentinian trap and electronic music.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Mallard plays Marcus, the brooding boy next door and Ginny's love interest.
—EW.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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After hatching underground, the small worms immediately begin feeding on plant roots and decomposing stems and leaves below the soil surface.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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Females can lay up to 100 eggs during a lifetime, which hatch in three to six weeks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Others like Bill Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Guy Fieri aren’t being so generous with their offspring.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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As the school year comes to an end around the country, these famous offspring are celebrating a major milestone.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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The swarm to support his latest move marked the latest bit of whiplash across the MAGA ranks as they have been divided since the Saturday strikes.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
25 June 2025
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In another, a suspect was tackled to the pavement near a bench as a swarm of police closed in around him.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
Verb
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The pond loach can reduce aquatic insect biodiversity and compete with native fish species for food and spawning habitat.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 June 2025
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Scientists have only recently begun to understand more about how planetary phenomena work together to spawn or suppress tropical storms and hurricanes.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Now Professor De Kai approaches our technological progeny not as tools, but as entities shaped by our actions.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Their racecar-driving progeny has been a solid driver in the Cup Series for nine years, but this was only his sixth win.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
26 May 2025
Noun
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If a task can be performed in more than one way by equal peers working together—much in the way an ant colony or swarm of bees works—then the system is resistant to censorship and hardware faults and has service continuity due to economic sustainability.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Having multiple nest sites helps protect the colony.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
30 June 2025
Verb
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But former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came up to sit next to her.—
Isabella Murray,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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When the outdoor cooling station opened on Friday, White drove by to find no chairs for people to sit and no signage letting people know the cooling station was there.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Take your pick from a bevy of award-winning local restaurants, including Nate's on Marsh and Ox + Anchor.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
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Its location at York Avenue and 70th Street is down the block from Weill Cornell Medical Center, which attracts a bevy of hospital employees.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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