begets

present tense third-person singular of beget

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Recent Examples of begets But one of the hardest yet most common lessons investors learn is that strength often begets more strength. Jay Woods, CNBC, 4 June 2026 And rhetoric, it could be said, begets more rhetoric. Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Learning velocity is the only litmus test dimension where improvement begets more improvement. Zixuan Zhang, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026 It was never supposed to be a character study about how trauma begets trauma. Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026 Magalon and Santiago link lower budgets to more artistic freedom, which begets better films. Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026 Despite the contradiction, this strategy worked because elites are universally perceived as out of touch with the real world – with privileged and sheltered life experience that begets a sense of superiority. Alexa Beck, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026 But Le, no stranger to the restaurant industry, which often begets ingenuity, got creative. Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026 At first, its proliferation seemed to constitute a typical case of Hollywood copycatting; Big Little Lies becomes a smash, wins eight Emmys, begets flimsy imitations that lots of people watch anyway. Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begets
Verb
  • During play, participants are constantly switching between jogging, sprinting and directional changes, which creates cardiovascular conditioning similar to structured interval training.
    Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
  • This creates an immediate sensing-to-action response, while each chamber operates independently to distinguish forces along horizontal, lateral, and vertical directions.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
    Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.
    Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • In May, authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda declared outbreaks after lab tests detected the spread of Bundibugyo virus, which causes a type of Ebola disease.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas.
    Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • The Lifeform spawns from a black, bacterial mold that infests the yellow wallpaper and moist carpets.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Symmetrical wing flapping generates forward thrust, while differential wing motion provides steering for smooth, quiet indoor flight.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • In Fort Worth, Lockheed Martin generates a regional economic impact of $9 billion.
    Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • In the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran, there's a natural history museum associated with local Ferdowsi University that gets all manner of donations, including animals that died in the road and injured birds.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • January 20 – February 18 Fun gets easier when the money boundary is not pretending to be flexible.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Along with the casting award introduced last year, this brings 10 categories into play before the acting races even begin.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Each year brings with it a seemingly impossible fashion comeback.
    Alex Sales, Glamour, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Unlike his later work with Disclosure Day, this prompts a journey of discovery rather than one of fear.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • Two hundred and fifty years later, as artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law and prompts questions about the future of the profession, the nation's founding offers an unexpected answer.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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“Begets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begets. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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