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dawned

verb

past tense of dawn
as in began
to come into existence a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke

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Recent Examples of dawned When the age of book promotion scams dawned, an AI engine clearly had read the book but did not know that Orwell had died in 1950. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 But the golden age of cable that dawned in the late 1990s and streaming’s early-2010s rise multiplied the number of titles platforms were pumping out. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Sunday dawned fairly clear and bright for the World Cup 2026 final, with temperatures dropping from last week’s oppressive, humid 90s to the drier upper 70s and low 80s with wildfire smoke all but washed away. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 As October dawned, Clinton held a lead but not an overwhelming one. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026 The day dawned with rumors that the couple might have already said their vows ahead of the big event in New York. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 The Crips and Bloods reached the apex of their Stockton influence in the 1980s and 1990s, Washington recalled, as the concept of fast money dawned along with the crack cocaine epidemic. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026 Once airborne, though, a sense of infinity dawned out the cockpit windows, and of sheer mass behind the pilots. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Sunday morning dawned with a high overcast. — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dawned
  1. began
  2. started
  3. arose
  4. commenced
  5. originated
  6. appeared
  7. was
  8. emerged
Verb
  • Wilson is a seventh-year player who began his career at Fordham and spent 2023 and 2024 at Old Dominion before transferring to Indiana last year.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Since the war with Iran began in late February, the nationwide average diesel price has soared by 60%.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of began
Verb
  • Mayfield, who injured his left shoulder in late November against the Los Angeles Rams, started all 17 games last year for the third season in a row and passed for 3,693 yards with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Several of these improvements started with the haul the Cowboys got in the Parsons trade last summer, which has afforded Dallas opportunities to address the gaping holes on this team.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of started
Verb
  • Al-Qaeda arose at the confluence of post-Cold War globalization and unipolar violence.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Kremer was active in the tea party movement, which arose in opposition to government spending during President Barack Obama’s first term.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of arose
Verb
  • At first glance, the second-guessing commenced as Leading Change had only two career starts to his credit.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The game commenced with four unanswered scores from Jenks and sloppy play from Southlake Carroll that included a handful of early penalties, messy substitutions and a lack of rhythm.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of commenced
Verb
  • Harbour, who is an executive producer of the series along with Bateman, originated the project after being inspired by a New Yorker true-crime article about a fatal suburban love triangle.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Fourteen of those storms originated in the East Pacific, which, with two and a half months of the season still to come, will likely blow past its average seasonal storm total of 15.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of originated
Verb
  • Marte’s line drive exited his bat at 93 mph and appeared to glance off the left side of Perdomo’s head.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Scary moment The game was delayed several minutes early in the third quarter after Northwestern offensive lineman Jackson Carsello appeared to take a teammate’s knee to his helmet at the end of a play.
    — Scott Held, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • There was no record of Monaco on the Pulaski County jail website Monday afternoon.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Brown’s name had surfaced publicly in those trade talks, and there was a point of no return.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of was
Verb
  • The company emerged from bankruptcy, sold to private equity firm Ames Watson, and is altering the way its 900 remaining standalone stores, from a peak 3,400 in 2012, reach the Alphas.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This possibility emerged from a series of discoveries, spanning decades, involving the cells of the early embryo, which possess remarkable flexibility.
    — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of emerged

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“Dawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawned. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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