borne (down)

variants also born (down)
Definition of borne (down)next
past participle of bear (down)

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Verb
  • Other robotic surgery offerings The Vimana drone system uses the company’s MANTRA platform’s robotic surgery capability compressed into a battlefield-portable form factor.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These boneless organisms fossilized as biofilm — they were rapidly buried and compressed between layers of rock, leaving behind two-dimensional impressions of their organic tissues.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The lawmakers also pointed to cases in which individuals and organizations were allegedly pressured or coerced by Chinese officials or affiliated groups, including efforts to block political candidates critical of Beijing from engaging with local communities.
    Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The county Board of Supervisors agreed on Tuesday to pay $8 million to settle a long-pending lawsuit by multiple sheriff’s deputies who claimed they were pressured to quit or leave the East Los Angeles station by an internal deputy clique known as the Banditos.
    City News Service, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which in turn directed airflows to levers that depressed piano keys.
    Adam Ozimek, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Democrats who still believe in the New Deal-era promise of government helping the public are a bit depressed by the idea that the solution to their party’s problems is generating less money for that purpose.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Borne (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20%28down%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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