Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calved
Verb
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Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025 -
The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is only slightly challenged by a flame kindled between Mindy and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) earlier on in the show.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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The ballroom aces met on Broadway, kindled a romance on the reality dancing competition, and married in 2017.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner).—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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The seven-episode miniseries follows four sisters who suspect that their father might be having an affair — and might also have fathered a child with the other woman.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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New state sales tax revenue generated within the massive STAR bond district will pay back the bond debt used to build a new stadium and accompanying facilities for several decades.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Doing so bred hope for more days like Monday, when an overflow crowd stood inside a stuffy press conference room to witness, perhaps, the beginning of Crane’s vision.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The findings indicate that not only are adults present, but the species has successfully bred and repopulated the area.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Dec. 2025
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Success begot success, and in the two decades that followed, her company expanded to become a global lifestyle brand involving accessories, clothing, home goods, and more.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Even after 30 years, during which The Golden Compass became a trilogy, His Dark Materials, which begat a second trilogy, The Book of Dust—collectively selling something like 50 million copies—Pullman’s books retain an idiosyncratic spikiness.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Calved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calved. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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