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

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Scripps has emerged as a leader in women’s sports broadcasting.

— Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Vela Gonzalez was dragged down the concrete steps and pushed to the ground by two agents, before a third agent emerged to handcuff him, according to video footage reviewed by The Times.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Bengals president Mike Brown issued a statement backing both Taylor and Tobin days after the season.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The Supreme Court order was issued just in time for the start of a 60-day period before the election, in which broadcasters are required by US law to offer ad discounts to individual candidates.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

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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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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
The issue first surfaced in February when Croatian police and Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, arrested 13 people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste.

— Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfaced

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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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Anak Krakatau has erupted since late ⁠on Friday, with volcanic ash detected at the airport early on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
As Morris hit the ground and the 57,000-plus yellow-and-green glad fans inside Autzen Stadium erupted, the Broncos’ fate was sealed.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026

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