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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  • These unaltered cosmic fingerprints let researchers map the temperatures, environmental conditions, and chemical reservoirs that produced organic matter billions of years ago.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Georgia’s political center of gravity is shifting from rural communities that produced generations of the state’s most powerful leaders toward Atlanta and its sprawling suburbs.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 21 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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  • In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) brought MHFA to Palm Beach County in 2014 and has since trained thousands of community members (at no cost) to be that first line of support.
    — Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Borne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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