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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Striped bass fishing is best from Point 4 to Beaver Dam with live shad, sunfish or brood minnows.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Murr uses for paper the draft pages of a biography about a struggling brooding composer named Johannes Kreisler; Murr comes off as the less ridiculous and more emotionally healthy of the two.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Just ask my brood, who aren’t allowed to be on the platform!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Striped bass fishing is best from Point 4 to Beaver Dam with live shad, sunfish or brood minnows.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
The song plays out like the kinds of brooding confessionals that take place solo at the bar.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Murr uses for paper the draft pages of a biography about a struggling brooding composer named Johannes Kreisler; Murr comes off as the less ridiculous and more emotionally healthy of the two.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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But as he is penned in place at his desk, Lamb turns to his one reliable weapon, his unholy flatulence, to hatch an escape plan.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI hatched a partnership with AMD to give Sam Altman’s company up to a 10% stake while the chipmaker rolls out a series of GPUs over multiple years for the ChatGPT AI leader.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The team then examined how the virus affected the males’ reproductive system and whether those changes could influence their offspring.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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Her organization trains advisers, offers consulting services, and develops tools to help families prepare the next generations for wealth by openly discussing values and helping offspring define their own futures.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As police swarm the plant, Batman disappears in a puff of smoke.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Its artwork, meanwhile, sees its author posing in a swarm of paparazzi and was recreated for the poster of Williams’ recent biopic, Better Man.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Harry Bosch books, which spawned the original series.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Its legend grew with the release of a 1979 movie based on the book starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder that later spawned an extensive film franchise.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Johnny Carson rarely had to deal with such stuff, but his progeny have grappled with it with increasing frequency.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nigeria was an ex-UK colony, so for me, My Father’s Shadow was a no-brainer.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Tiny zooids known as kelp lace bryozoan live in a colony on kelp leaves, or blades, that when combined resemble mold and are sometimes confused as such.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The university first acquired the site in 1967 with plans to build student housing, but after structures on the lot were bulldozed, the property sat vacant.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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So there’s no time to get entertained besides seeing things on your mobile phone or your laptop or sitting somewhere, waiting in a lounge.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For the red carpet occasion, Amal Clooney wore a strapless column gown from the eponymous designer’s fall 2025 couture collection, featuring a bevy of intricate details that provided textural contrast throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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The crime thriller is coming with plenty of, um, Hollywood heat, as a bevy of A-listers have been mentioned in connection with the project.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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