borne

variants also born
Definition of bornenext
past participle of bear
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as in carried
to hold up or serve as a foundation for the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time

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as in packed
to wear or have on one's person the right to bear arms

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as in led
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the path will bear north after that marked tree

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as in been
to occupy a place or location a hot, humid air mass is now bearing just south of the Gulf Coast

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as in paid
to produce as revenue an interest-bearing savings account

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Recent Examples of borne Now based in Milan, Marcon was born in 1985 in Busto Arsizio, a town an hour’s drive to the northwest of the city. — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026 As these isotope signatures have remained unchanged for billions of years, the findings prove that extraterrestrial organic matter shares a direct, uninterrupted connection to the cosmic environment where the Solar System was born. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026 Yet each one of them has a personality different from every other baby ever born since there has been a world. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In the county where I was born, no less than five hundred mules starved to death last year. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Early life Warren Jeffs was born to Rulon Jeffs, the head of the FLDS from 1986 to 2002, and his fourth wife, Marilyn Steed. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 This modern version likely seems an offshoot of the looksmaxxing movement born in the misogynistic manosphere, along with support from the ultra-feminizing far right girls-should-be-girls culture. — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026 Despite being shared with other characters, James' version of Silent Hill feels like his personal hell, one born of his twisted psyche. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 This limit doesn't include the $1,000 seed money from the Treasury Department for kids born between 2025 and 2028 or philanthropic gifts such as the Dell Foundation's $250 grants. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • Hawaii residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Suppressing this same pathway produced the opposite result, limiting the ability to switch behavior, driving longer bouts of the repetitive behavior, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Prior to the war’s launch, average gas prices stood at just under $3 a gallon, while diesel prices were less than $4 a gallon.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Ronaldo Salgado looked around the room as about a dozen people stood.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • The study also related that fashion attracts international talent to the top of company boards, 25 percent more in fashion compared with 12 percent among the top 100 Italian companies.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Howard has also made other major farming and agricultural-related philanthropic gifts, including sending more than $500 million in humanitarian, financial, and agricultural aid to Ukraine since early 2022, according to No-Till Farmer.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • Your eyes feast on the yellows, golds, and oranges smattered with some greens that haven’t turned yet.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • One of London’s historic Arts & Crafts houses has just been turned into six apartments—one of which is distinguished by a chic, designer interior.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.
    — Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.
    — Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • Ernest Medina was acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai massacre after a military court found insufficient evidence to convict him.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Giridharadas recounts the tale of the subway confrontation between Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental illness, and the former Marine Daniel Penny, who was acquitted of killing him.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • That changed when Cameron Crowe brought him into the art department for Singles.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Rescuers brought two bodies and 10 survivors down from the mountain by helicopter to a nearby town, Khanal said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Borne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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