created

verb

past tense of create
as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) it was your negligence that created this mess

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Recent Examples of created So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026 Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011. — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026 The Washington Post, for example, found notable success on TikTok before many peers had even created dedicated accounts on the platform. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2026 In summary, the researchers created a temperature-sensing system that runs on an infinitesimal amount of electricity drawn from ambient radiation by a dedicated graphene energy harvester. — New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026 That flag created a lot of debate, and people studied a slow-mo video and a second view of the penalty. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 The company was created by Palmer Luckey, the founder of the military defense company Anduril Industries, and Ben Lamm, the co-founder of the genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026 The doubleheader between the two Catholic universities, dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off, was created to honor the first American pope, who was not in attendance for the games. — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 The forces of parity have already created a traffic jam in the middle of the SEC standings. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for created
  1. caused
  2. generated
  3. brought
  4. prompted
  5. spawned
  6. produced
  7. did
  8. worked
Verb
  • The major online retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Tuesday is election day, meaning that the traffic jams could have caused headaches for some last-minute voters.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of caused
Verb
  • Yamazaki’s Godzilla was entirely computer-generated, and his meticulous approach gave the character new speed and danger.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • It will be powered by a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) reactor, which relies on heat generated by a decaying nuclear isotope, and so does not rely on solar power for energy.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of generated
Verb
  • In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of brought
Verb
  • Flooding caused by this week’s heavy rains prompted Florida to change some polling locations in eight counties, the Florida Division of Elections says.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The shooting prompted the University of Delaware to cancel classes on Monday and provide counseling to students traumatized by the incident, according to a university spokesperson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of prompted
Verb
  • Scant evidence for a next-gen, destination IVF business A fertility treatment framed as a way to rewind the biological clock has spawned an international medical tourism business — with precious little evidence to back it up.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The storm formed over the Bay of Bengal, where the warm waters have spawned some of the deadliest cyclones to hit eastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • But the difference is that those early records by Hannah Diamond and GFOTY were good—never mind written and produced by humans.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Jets have shown flashes of improvement from his 3-14 debut season, but those flashes haven’t produced consistent results.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of produced
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of did
Verb
  • Kelly, who lost to High in the primaries and later worked full time for him, attributed the defeat to general discontent with the Democratic party.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The reigning Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, who was a rodeo cowboy in his youth, has worked with Justin Boots on a collection of men’s boots.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of worked

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