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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borne (down)
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When investors have less confidence in future growth, the P/E will get compressed.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Peak earning windows are compressed.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Federal prosecutors alleged Kaiser pressured doctors to add diagnoses even when conditions were not actually treated during patient visits, in violation of Medicare rules.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Amy Ryan stars as Mari Gilbert, the real-life mother who pressured investigators to find her missing daughter, leading to the uncovering of several murders by the Long Island serial killer.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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One 2025 study published in BMC Geriatrics found that older adults who lived somewhere with better indoor air ventilation were less likely to be depressed compared to older adults with less indoor air ventilation.—
Jamie Friedlander Serrano,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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Translation professionals are losing their jobs to AI AI tools have reduced the amount of work available to human translators and interpreters, and depressed their earnings.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Borne (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20%28down%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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