DEBUTED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

debuted

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past tense of debut

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Recent Examples of debuted Swag debuted with 163,000 units on over 198 million streams for Bieber’s strongest streaming debut of his career. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of came

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As a result, the Faulkner County Animal Shelter was contacted and later arrived to assist with the investigation.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The teams that will be ready for whatever AI does next aren’t the ones who arrived knowing the most.

— Brittany Murrey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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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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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, 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

Definition of dawned

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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

Definition of blossomed

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Chaos erupted in the backfield on nearly every clear passing down for Mayfield, none larger than the final sack-fumble of the day by Mafe.

— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The exchange is the latest chapter in a public disagreement that erupted after Clancy's trial, when Reddington publicly criticized the lone holdout juror who prevented a unanimous verdict on murder charges.

— Brittany Miller , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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