as in grew
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Recent Examples of became
The land itself became part of the story.
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Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
What started as one man’s vision to share his home with the world became something groundbreaking—the Caribbean’s first all-inclusive resort designed for adults.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Following his military career, Doug became a consultant for government security, defense and communication.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The debut introduced a new format of late-night entertainment that became a staple of American television.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
In the following years, Citarella launched a Twitch stream, wrote op-eds about online politics for the Guardian, and put out a podcast under his own name which became a modest success.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The previous November, Brandon, who recently became a grandfather, won his reelection campaign by a single vote against his own second cousin, Tyler Simonsen (Simonsen contested the results; the contest is still ongoing).
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Saturday advisory reported that the tropical depression became a tropical depression with sustained winds of 35 mph after intensifying from a potential tropical cyclone.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
China became a major manufacturing power in part by welcoming a lot of foreign engineers (especially American ones) to train up its industrial base; by contrast, ICE has deported hundreds of South Korean engineers attempting to build an advanced factory in Georgia.
—Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
What started as one man’s vision to share his home with the world became something groundbreaking—the Caribbean’s first all-inclusive resort designed for adults.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Following his military career, Doug became a consultant for government security, defense and communication.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The debut introduced a new format of late-night entertainment that became a staple of American television.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
In the following years, Citarella launched a Twitch stream, wrote op-eds about online politics for the Guardian, and put out a podcast under his own name which became a modest success.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The previous November, Brandon, who recently became a grandfather, won his reelection campaign by a single vote against his own second cousin, Tyler Simonsen (Simonsen contested the results; the contest is still ongoing).
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Saturday advisory reported that the tropical depression became a tropical depression with sustained winds of 35 mph after intensifying from a potential tropical cyclone.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
China became a major manufacturing power in part by welcoming a lot of foreign engineers (especially American ones) to train up its industrial base; by contrast, ICE has deported hundreds of South Korean engineers attempting to build an advanced factory in Georgia.
—Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for became
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Over the same period, Democratic registration grew by about 38,000 voters, or roughly 3%.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The shows have been sold out since tickets went on sale in August, and while 30,000 lucky fans for both nights got their hands on tickets, thousands more were left on the outside looking in.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The bestselling mule also got some colorful updates in polished patent.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The heated confrontation as caught on video, which went viral on social media.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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While hundreds of people who were arrested went free without charge during that turbulent year, prosecutors are now pointing to those past protests in a warning to people who hope to send a message about ICE.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Special teams needs to tighten the screws The Dolphins have made one special teams mistake per loss that turned the tide of the game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The bewildering story of John Bender, a young Wall Street genius whose dream of life in a mansion sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle turned sour, is set to launch as a podcast.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Became.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/became. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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