becomes

verb

present tense third-person singular of become
as in grows
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 becomes With Saturday’s success, Isar becomes the clear leader among a pack of several European launch startups vying to inject some competition into Europe’s stagnant launch market. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 If Muhammad thrives in the slot and Gordon never gets healthy, maybe the rookie becomes the nickel of the future. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 With Ohtani injured, Chicago Cubs superstar center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong now becomes the heavy favorite to win the National League MVP award. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Public attention can continue growing while the tone surrounding an organization gradually becomes more skeptical. — Pierce Kafka, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 With few people on the trails, the silence becomes part of the journey. — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 The question then becomes whether there is a problem with the emerging technology, or, if this starts with the culture of policing itself. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 There really was an Ernetti, who really did claim to have photographed the face of Christ during the crucifixion using a time viewer of his own creation — a picture whose fraudulence becomes a plot point onscreen. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Pace plays Ian Wright in the film, a professor who studies the history of magic, and reportedly becomes Sally’s love interest. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for becomes
  1. grows
  2. gets
  3. goes
  4. comes
  5. turns
Verb
  • Propulsion capacity grows The PAC-3 MSE’s propulsion system plays a critical role during an engagement.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In Anthropic's extreme case, GDP grows at more than seven times its current pace.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of grows
Verb
  • When the judges announce Jude as the winner, Bi, Anna, and Joseph don’t look surprised, and each gets a small hopeful comment at the end.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • If Muhammad thrives in the slot and Gordon never gets healthy, maybe the rookie becomes the nickel of the future.
    — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Under that framework, 50% of income goes toward needs such as housing and utilities, 30% is reserved for discretionary spending and 20% is dedicated to savings and investments.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the younger woman’s presence, Rita finds that the ominous ticking clock in her mind goes silent.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • As a retired fighter, Taylor faces the daunting task of deciding what comes next.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • There comes a moment, looking at Evans’s dense worlds, when the eye stops decoding and the mind begins to surrender.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of comes
Verb
  • That in turn feeds ‘The Ticker’, the basic on-screen representation of the score and ‘The Computer’, another programme that turns that raw information into the more intricate graphics that appear on the screen.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Teaching students to actively hunt for where logic breaks turns them from passive consumers into sharp, critical evaluators of AI systems.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of turns

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“Becomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becomes. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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