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as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
one change in the natural environment will beget others
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Recent Examples of beget
A day with Cash4Life, Powerball, Florida Lotto and Fantasy 5 drawings begat one jackpot win, split between tickets bought at a Miramar discount store and a North Miami Beach Winn-Dixie.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
But violence, as The Last of Us II teaches us, begets violence...which begets violence...which begets violence.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The company is a first-mover advantage, but that advantage begets complexity.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
But violence, as The Last of Us II teaches us, begets violence...which begets violence...which begets violence.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The company is a first-mover advantage, but that advantage begets complexity.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beget
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The proprietary process recovers up to 98 percent of critical metals while minimizing contaminants, creating a ready feedstock for downstream refiners.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Especially because the way it was created was just a Hail Mary.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The maker produced glassware throughout the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, offering everything from highballs to serving pieces.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 May 2025
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Often, knockout competition can produce the ‘wrong’ winners, but this World Cup was decided by a league table, which tends to favour the better sides on paper, and Brazil still couldn’t get over the line.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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As for tornado fatalities, this year, many of the twisters that caused deaths occurred in Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the Storm Prediction Center said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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During this six-month period, mussels may have naturally occurring toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid biotoxins, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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The 3-year-old dark bay colt, sired by former Japanese-bred standout Karakontie, has recently emerged as an intriguing prospect that could surprise the field at Churchill Downs on Saturday.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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For The Rest, The Species Can Thank A Tortoise Known As E5 E5 was a quieter, less flamboyant male who largely avoided the spotlight but ultimately sired close to 60% of the program’s offspring.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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At the time, the sample didn't generate any hits in the national system of missing persons.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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The storms are part of the system that spawned tornadoes that killed at least 21 people in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky, NWS meteorologist Trisha Palmer told The Charlotte Observer.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
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As one of the largest islands in the world, this jumble of rainforests, highland plateaus, and otherworldly rock formations has spawned a unique ecosystem of freakish critters—many of which can’t be found anywhere else on earth.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
Verb
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He was invited as an observer, but Trump brought him into the conversation.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Preliminary purchasing managers’ index data will be released for France and the U.K. CNBC will also be bringing you interviews from the Barclays leadership conference, focusing on energy, geopolitics and sector-specific challenges.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.—
Karrigan Börk,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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“Beget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beget. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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