BUDDED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

budded

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past tense of bud

as in blossomed

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Even as pitchers such as Troy Melton and Keider Montero blossomed, the Tigers’ front office also failed to construct a staff deep enough or good enough to carry the Tigers through the more turbulent parts of their schedule.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
That blossomed into a decades-long academic career in an unusual role — a Jewish scholar of Christian Scriptures.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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When London Craft Week, an annual celebration of the handmade, unfurled across the center of the city this past May, the work of a thousand or so makers bloomed out of every corner.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Across the archipelago’s more than seven thousand islands, countless sovereign communities once bloomed with distinct languages and traditions, until Spain claimed them all under a single name.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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And now EatFuti has flowered into the first-in-the-nation (to our understanding) State Fair food delivery service — a brand offshoot based, again, in solving a problem, this one much more personal.

— Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026
Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026

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