as in bloomed
to produce flowers
the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived
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Recent Examples of blossomed
During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
Rodgers and McCarthy spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where Rodgers blossomed into one of the game’s biggest stars after becoming the starting quarterback in 2008.
—Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
Rodgers and McCarthy spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where Rodgers blossomed into one of the game’s biggest stars after becoming the starting quarterback in 2008.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Since the seventies, the famed Nuyorican Poets Café has blossomed on the Lower East Side as an essential hothouse for arts movements of many stripes, perhaps most crucially as a launching pad for an emergent literati straddling the realms of soul and hip-hop.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Since opening a decade ago, the brand has blossomed into a regional fixture and this outpost is one of the best places for outsiders to score a taste of the regional juice.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Westport’s fishing and farming traditions have blossomed into a thriving local food scene, from roadside farm stands selling seasonal produce to some of New England’s finest farm- and ocean-to-table restaurants.
—Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
What began as a close friendship with the younger brother Sam blossomed into a romance at some point, but something came between him and Percy, taking her far away from Barry’s Bay.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 May 2026
And a one-woman operation blossomed into a nonprofit that now serves more than 1,600 students with more than 30 different disabilities and is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
Rodgers and McCarthy spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where Rodgers blossomed into one of the game’s biggest stars after becoming the starting quarterback in 2008.
—Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
Rodgers and McCarthy spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where Rodgers blossomed into one of the game’s biggest stars after becoming the starting quarterback in 2008.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Since the seventies, the famed Nuyorican Poets Café has blossomed on the Lower East Side as an essential hothouse for arts movements of many stripes, perhaps most crucially as a launching pad for an emergent literati straddling the realms of soul and hip-hop.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Since opening a decade ago, the brand has blossomed into a regional fixture and this outpost is one of the best places for outsiders to score a taste of the regional juice.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Westport’s fishing and farming traditions have blossomed into a thriving local food scene, from roadside farm stands selling seasonal produce to some of New England’s finest farm- and ocean-to-table restaurants.
—Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
What began as a close friendship with the younger brother Sam blossomed into a romance at some point, but something came between him and Percy, taking her far away from Barry’s Bay.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 May 2026
And a one-woman operation blossomed into a nonprofit that now serves more than 1,600 students with more than 30 different disabilities and is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blossomed
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Mowing is usually done in mid-summer after the clover has bloomed and dropped seeds, and again before the first frost in fall.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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The mushrooms bloomed among a thick layer of something fuzzy and white and decidedly … gross.—
Jamie Siebrase,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Trim after the plant has flowered to avoid removing the next season’s blooms.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Blossomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blossomed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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