as in grew
to eventually have as a state or quality
many people became sick with the flu with the arrival of autumn the days become crisper and breezier
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Recent Examples of became
Since 1982, over 1 million campers have trained here, including alumni who became NASA and ESA astronauts.
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
The rapid cycle quickly became my favorite cycle for most of my laundry loads.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Skateboarding became an Olympic sport in 2020, and there were several Olympians in Exposure 2025.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
The pair became first-time parents in 1998 after welcoming their eldest daughter, Megan Ramsay.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Brown became just the fourth player in Celtics history to score 30-plus points in six of the first 10 games of a season, joining Sam Jones, John Havlicek and Jayson Tatum in that exclusive club.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
But as watches shifted from necessities to collectibles, history became a focal point—providing bragging rights, narrative, and value marker.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Nobody was home when the house became engulfed in flames well before sunrise — Spoelstra was flying back to Miami from a game in Denver, and his children were at their mother's house.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
The rapid cycle quickly became my favorite cycle for most of my laundry loads.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Skateboarding became an Olympic sport in 2020, and there were several Olympians in Exposure 2025.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
The pair became first-time parents in 1998 after welcoming their eldest daughter, Megan Ramsay.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Brown became just the fourth player in Celtics history to score 30-plus points in six of the first 10 games of a season, joining Sam Jones, John Havlicek and Jayson Tatum in that exclusive club.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
But as watches shifted from necessities to collectibles, history became a focal point—providing bragging rights, narrative, and value marker.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Nobody was home when the house became engulfed in flames well before sunrise — Spoelstra was flying back to Miami from a game in Denver, and his children were at their mother's house.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for became
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Though George Washington and the press started off amicably, their relationship grew more adversarial once journalists began criticizing the nation’s first president.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Brazil’s President Lula da Silva Host nation Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, affectionately known as Lula, has used his second term as president to push ahead with climate action and slow the deforestation that grew to alarming rates under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fans also got a small teaser poster, which has led to nearly a million views on the above post alone.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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In December 2024, Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda the Good Witch in the Wicked films, got tearful when she was presented on The Drew Barrymore Show with one of the test wands used by Billie Burke, the original Glinda from 1939’s Oz.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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After that day, when I was given the book which promised to answer all of my bloody questions—my long-suffering American Girl doll went into the closet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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On the other sideline, Lawrence went 13-for-23 for 158 yards with one touchdown and one interception.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 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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Ovechkin gathered the puck on his forehand, quickly turned it over to his backhand and whipped it into the net.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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His solo debut, Barbarian, made more than $45 million on a budget of less than $5 million, and now Warners was entrusting the actor turned director with a movie costing eight times that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Became.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/became. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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