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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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as in moping
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as in pregnant
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Recent Examples of brood
Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Hart is a brooding marshal who patrols the strange, enchanted wilds of Tanria.
—Ashley Poston, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Entomologists had another way too to determine that each brood is unique to its own turf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 May 2025
Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Huston plays the brooding, bedridden widow who watches keenly over Gull’s Point, the Devonshire coastal estate that is both her domain and lookout tower.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Elordi, this era’s brooding heartthrob, makes a laughably transparent hero for Minahan’s thesis about the shock of homophobia.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Hart is a brooding marshal who patrols the strange, enchanted wilds of Tanria.
—Ashley Poston, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
The second largest periodical cicada brood appears every 17 years.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Entomologists had another way too to determine that each brood is unique to its own turf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 May 2025
Adjective
While others chase bright lights and digital theatre, AllSaints has stayed brooding and tactile.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Huston plays the brooding, bedridden widow who watches keenly over Gull’s Point, the Devonshire coastal estate that is both her domain and lookout tower.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Noun
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The second-generation was essentially the same car, retaining the doors, glass and rear hatch, but swapping the rest of the external bodywork for something a bit more conventional looking.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Amenities include open-air rain showers, air-conditioning, complimentary minibars, and a clever butler hatch—perfect for your morning cappuccino.—
Melanie van Zyl,
AFAR Media,
16 June 2025
Noun
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People with their dogs swarm to DeLong Lake hoping to stay cool in the record breaking heat in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 5, 2019.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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The police escalated the stop, calling in a swarm of backup officers.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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Some of the presentation seemed to directly challenge the recent decision by Kennedy and the Trump administration to remove the recommendation to vaccinate healthy children and pregnant women.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Twenty-four years later, Townsend had that same experience, playing professionally on the WTA Tour while pregnant with her baby boy.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Others like Bill Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Guy Fieri aren’t being so generous with their offspring.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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In the new film from Warner Bros. and Legendary, the pair are set to play Leto II and Ghanima, the twin offspring of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya), born after the events of the original Frank Herbert novel.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Full to Partial Shade Soil Type: Well Draining, Rich Soil pH: Acidic (5.5 to 6.5) Not as aggressive as its Japanese counterpart, Allegheny spurge is a native, herbaceous perennial groundcover that slowly spreads by rhizomes to form a dense colony.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 June 2025
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Yes,commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking the colonies’ official declaration of separation from Great Britain, is at the heart of the celebration, butit’s also the chow that brings us together.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Thousands of people — displaced by disaster, their past lives gone up in smoke — are hostage to the whims of a peevish president who always puts his feelings first and cares nothing for the greater good.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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On a less peevish note: The entry is making its New York Times Crossword debut.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2017
Noun
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Now Professor De Kai approaches our technological progeny not as tools, but as entities shaped by our actions.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Their racecar-driving progeny has been a solid driver in the Cup Series for nine years, but this was only his sixth win.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
26 May 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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