as in to grow
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 become
Churches, synagogues and mosques become important touchstones in communities ravaged by disasters – now many here are also themselves victims of a disaster.
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Sarah Ventre, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
Here are five — entirely fictional — movie ideas that will hopefully leave the confines of our imagination and one day become real.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
The circumstances around Morrison’s death became more unclear as Courson’s account of what happened that night conflicted over time.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Simon Sinek has become famous by noting the Power of Why.
—John Sviokla, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Ventre, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
Here are five — entirely fictional — movie ideas that will hopefully leave the confines of our imagination and one day become real.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
The circumstances around Morrison’s death became more unclear as Courson’s account of what happened that night conflicted over time.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Simon Sinek has become famous by noting the Power of Why.
—John Sviokla, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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But with leading receiver Ladd McConkey and tight end Will Dissly nursing injuries in recent weeks, Davis’ role has grown.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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The little, low room was dimly lighted with oil-lamps, and the boys clumped about the stoves in their cowhide boots, and laughed and buzzed and ate apples and peanuts and giggled, and grew suddenly solemn when the grave men and women looked at them.Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Biden's plan was to enable applicants to stay with their families while immigration officials determined their cases, touting it as a far more humane way to carry out the process and get more people green cards or permanent resident status.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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People with low credit scores can also have trouble getting a loan or can be forced to borrow at higher interest rates.Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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There was hardly a fashionable progressive cause on which Trudeau didn’t go all-in.The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
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Drafted by the Browns in 2010, McCoy had to go with the teams that wanted to give him a job.Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
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On top of that, UCF struggles to rebound the ball and turns it over a lot.Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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The assassination of Nasrallah, who had led Hezbollah for 32 years, turned months of low-level strikes between Israel and the militants into all-out war that battered much of southern and eastern Lebanon for two months until a U.S.-brokered cease-fire took effect Nov. 27.Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Become.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/become. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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