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
The 24-year-old has quickly blossomed into one of the league’s top defensive linemen and played a key role in helping the Eagles win the Super Bowl last season.
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Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Dubbed the Boys From Oklahoma, after Ragweed’s beloved 1999 song of the same name, the shows blossomed into four concerts at Boone Pickens Stadium on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Pegula and Gahagen were first linked a decade ago in 2015, and their relationship blossomed alongside her tennis career.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet, in recent decades, a tourism industry has blossomed here thanks to the atoll’s wild residents.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Since its launch in 2021, the BUTTER Fine Art Fair—powered by the cultural development firm GANGGANG—has blossomed into a stage, a marketplace, and above all, a vehicle for Black artistry.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Swift and Kelce have become the first couple of Kansas City as their romance has blossomed.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Nearly two years later, the relationship between Brinkley and his little sister has blossomed into something truly special.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Entire ecosystems of expertise had blossomed in academia and government to model the scenarios that might lead to Armageddon, and the resulting game theory, though sophisticated, was relatively straightforward.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Dubbed the Boys From Oklahoma, after Ragweed’s beloved 1999 song of the same name, the shows blossomed into four concerts at Boone Pickens Stadium on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Pegula and Gahagen were first linked a decade ago in 2015, and their relationship blossomed alongside her tennis career.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet, in recent decades, a tourism industry has blossomed here thanks to the atoll’s wild residents.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Since its launch in 2021, the BUTTER Fine Art Fair—powered by the cultural development firm GANGGANG—has blossomed into a stage, a marketplace, and above all, a vehicle for Black artistry.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Swift and Kelce have become the first couple of Kansas City as their romance has blossomed.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Nearly two years later, the relationship between Brinkley and his little sister has blossomed into something truly special.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Entire ecosystems of expertise had blossomed in academia and government to model the scenarios that might lead to Armageddon, and the resulting game theory, though sophisticated, was relatively straightforward.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blossomed
Verb
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Over the years, a real friendship bloomed.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Deadhead spent flowers as the blooms fade or once most of the flowers have bloomed.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cultivars include blue, violet-blue, pink, and white-flowered varieties.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 Aug. 2025
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Media-polling partnerships flowered starting in the mid-1970s with the CBS News/New York Times poll which began in late1975.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Blossomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blossomed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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