embraced

past tense of embrace
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Recent Examples of embraced However, Edgell has since embraced baking full time, according to the outlet. Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 As the Internet, and now AI, enabled increased firms’ capabilities, and customers acquired more power in the marketplace, the most successful firms were those that embraced startingly different principles. Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Mourinho, Solskjaer and Ten Hag all embraced the challenge, to varying degrees of success. Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 Petite Plume even recommends repurposing the purchase as a duster over your go-to dress pants, per the recent pajama-dressing trend embraced by fashion insiders worldwide. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025 As astronomy embraced mathematics and observation during the Scientific Revolution, astrology increasingly lost its scholarly legitimacy and was pushed to the margins. Christopher P. Scheitle, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025 The company had been hit with boycotts and protest earlier his year after Musk embraced extreme right wing politicians there. Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 Where others shrink from its narrow turns, devilishly abrasive surface and punishing length, Gordon embraced Darlington. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025 Gaynor herself has never fully embraced that legacy, in part due to her Christianity. Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embraced
Verb
  • Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But when Joe gets pulled away by his old search-and-rescue squad mates, Slightly has to improvise and take advantage of the chaos in the lab caused by the eyeball, locking poor Arthur — one of the few adults on the island putting the Lost Boys’ safety above all else — inside to get his face hugged.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After Downton wrapped in 2015, Dockery starred as a con artist recently out of prison in the drama series Good Behavior, and in Netflix’s western miniseries Godless in 2019.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The British eventually adopted harsh measures to end the revolt.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The team has started testing combinations specifically for B-EUV radiation, which is expected to be adopted in manufacturing within the next decade.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Union leaders cautiously welcomed the apology, viewing it as a necessary step in establishing trust between Mamdani and law enforcement—a group historically skeptical of his platform.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The dairy industry has a strong lobbying arm that is pushing for whole milk to be welcomed once again.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
    Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • His criminal history included three felony convictions, according to a USA TODAY review of court documents.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The site is surrounded by commercial, residential and light industrial areas, according to the applicant’s submission.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The fair is an annual reminder that true horology is best appreciated not in isolation but surrounded by the beauty of Geneva and the company of fellow connoisseurs.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the end, before Fallon reappeared, all pep and cheer, Forge clasped his hands together and closed his eyes, as if locked in prayer.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There were only two worshippers, one in the water, hands clasped in prayer, and the other seated on the bottommost step, looking intently toward the river or maybe at the other bather.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gradually, the darkness surrounding them gave way to buildings and overhead lights, until the red of dawn enveloped the coast alongside them.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The repetitions of Emery answers and responding with Bizot every time, Martinez’s deputy, were signs of his annoyance and symptomatic of how the uncertainty that had enveloped Villa’s summer was now permeating onto the pitch.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Embraced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embraced. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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