fruited

Definition of fruitednext
past tense of fruit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruited
Verb
  • The Met show opens in the eighteen-eighties, when naturalism flowered in Parisian art schools.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Leesburg’s boys are also seeded third — having been hit hard by injuries — and will play at Ocala Vanguard on Thursday.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Start-ups and venture-capital investment could begin to flow to lower-tax states; the next hub of technological innovation may end up being seeded in Austin or Miami instead of Silicon Valley.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • More importantly, the people listened, and protests, anti-ICE demonstrations, and school walkouts bloomed around the country.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Excess mortality bloomed in Republican counties and communities saturated with denialist media.
    Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Using her background in cellular biology, Gueble propagated cell cultures that mirrored cancerous cells lacking MGMT and MMR.
    Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The shape and brightness of the rekindled tail trace the complex interactions that occurred between the AGN’s ejected jet and the ICM as the jet propagated outward.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The experience isn’t rooted solely in the past.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Kelly firmly rooted himself in the community.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Fruited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruited. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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