Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borne (down)
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When that happens, the refrigerant evaporates and gets compressed at a very high pressure–typically several hundred pounds per square inch.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Baseball’s compressed Wild Card Series can get as unpredictable as its name suggests.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arrington was pressured to resign Thursday, according to multiple news outlets.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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This Reds team pressured some of baseball’s best teams, but ultimately didn’t come up with the biggest wins.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Her research has shown that lynchings depressed the rate of patent applications by Black Americans, which could have otherwise contributed to innovation and economic growth.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Borne (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20%28down%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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