begets

present tense third-person singular of beget

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Recent Examples of begets Teething begets teeth, sleeplessness begets sleep. Ellyn Gaydos august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025 Fame begets fame, skill or not. Medhat Zaki, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Execs at the major studios began throwing furniture metaphorically, angry that moviegoers no longer were sitting through their in-cinema trailers for future movies due to lengthy preshows — a very powerful piece of marketing as moviegoing begets more moviegoing. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begets
Verb
  • Lambert has the blazing speed of a top-six forward — like Nikolaj Ehlers, whose offseason departure creates a hole in Winnipeg’s top six — while Salomonsson dominated in his best AHL games last season.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Using ripe Brown Turkey figs and room-temperature butter creates the best flavor and texture.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of my kids once presented a bar graph showing that Taco Tuesday produces 40% more dirty dishes than any other night.
    Dr. Sue Varma, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Pitt cast is led by Noah Wyle, who also executive produces and writes.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The exertion from trying to break free from the current causes fatigue as the current continues to pull them out, experts say.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Army recruitment crisis spawns 'future soldier' course In 2022, as years of shortfall in recruiting numbers compounded into a crisis, the Army test-launched the Future Soldier prep course, a boot camp-style program to quickly pull up recruits who don't meet academic or physical standards.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Another factor to keep in mind is whether a conversation is lengthy within itself, versus a conversation that spawns multiple disparate chats.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • California's cap-and-invest program generates billions through emissions credit auctions.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This generates revenue but that is only part of the story.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All of this brings us back to Bolt, whose prognostication has merit.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The new adaptive refresh rate brings the always-on display feature of the Pro iPhones to the standard iPhone for the first time.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nevertheless, in a sport where many players compete well into their 60s, such a workload rarely prompts thoughts of early retirement.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The acids in coffee boost your gut’s production of gastrin, a hormone that prompts the muscles in your colon to contract and kickstart bowel movements.
    Allison Forsyth, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Warren also holds the producing reins and gets co-scripting credit with john Meston.
    Hal Landers, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Bot gets 1 for guessing in three and then loses it for losing to me.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Begets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begets. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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