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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
But here’s another example of how lies beget lies, leading to some touchy situations.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
So Shōgun hopefully begets more projects, as well as Pachinko has.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The Drake diss was released May 4, begetting an appearance at No. 18 on the inaugural Frontline Chart.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
The lesson from India and Sweden is simple: liquidity begets liquidity.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune Asia, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
So Shōgun hopefully begets more projects, as well as Pachinko has.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The Drake diss was released May 4, begetting an appearance at No. 18 on the inaugural Frontline Chart.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
The lesson from India and Sweden is simple: liquidity begets liquidity.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune Asia, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Interaction Design Institute in Turin, Italy, created Arduino in 2005 to provide people of all ages with an easy, inexpensive way to build electronic devices and control them with rudimentary code.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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The precursor to the Constitution and replaced by that document, the Articles of Confederation created the framework of a federal government while preserving the sovereignty of the states. 1920: The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations took place in Geneva, Switzerland.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Most plants will recover within a week or two and start to produce new growth that will be more suited to indoor light levels.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Its fermentation process naturally produces lactic acid which speeds up skin cell turnover for baby-soft skin.Annie Blackman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024
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Canada is also attempting to use new laws to limit harms caused by social media and to require tech companies to compensate traditional news organizations.Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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Around the same time, economist William Nordhaus, awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the economics of climate change, estimated the social cost of carbon—the future damages caused by emitting one ton of CO₂—at $102 per ton by 2050.Phil De Luna, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Both evolve over time, allowing an ancestral tongue like Latin to sire diverse descendants — Spanish, French, Romanian — that are more closely related to each other than to, say, Korean.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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And Otis may have sired many bears at the Brooks River, Bruce says, although scientists can’t say that for sure.Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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Read the full Scorpio Daily Horoscope This horoscope was generated automatically using information from Sanctuary.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Using electrical stimulation to generate electro-passageways through the skin, the K-beauty device with customized LED lights increases skin’s permeability by around 490%.Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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The filmmaker broke through with his supernatural action-adventure feature Night Watch which spawned the sequel Day Watch.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Quinn isn’t the only author featured in the series to have gotten a screen-adaptation for her work, as Casey McQuiston, who wrote Red, White & Royal Blue (which spawned an Amazon movie adaptation of the same name), will also be there.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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That would bring the average price of a gaming console up by $246.Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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The settlement only lasts a year and will almost bring the BBC up to the next charter in 2027.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Michael Morris, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.Katie Stockton, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Beget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beget. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.
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