furthered

verb

past tense of further
as in encouraged
to help the growth or development of she worked hard to further her operatic career

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Recent Examples of furthered Literature, theater and operas furthered her interest in spinning tales of her own. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 Collabs with now-ex girlfriend Avril Lavigne, Machine Gun Kelly, and one of his idols, Travis Barker, furthered his oeuvre. — Katherine Turman, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2026 Its popularity furthered when the real-life Pope Francis died in 2025. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026 In England, for instance, an agriculture subsidy reform has furthered environmental stewardship by giving financial incentives for protecting soil health and other important biodiversity efforts. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026 Instead, enslaving Native Americans furthered colonization in a more fundamental, two-pronged way. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 The performance furthered Sale’s late push for the National League Cy Young Award. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Gloria Steinem, the feminist activist who furthered the modern women’s movement, died at 92 years old, as confirmed in an Instagram post. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Benjamin Song, the lead defendant in the Texas case, furthered his activist career in a leftist gun club that used the A/I Collective’s NoBlogs platform to post pro-insurrection messaging. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furthered
  1. encouraged
  2. promoted
  3. cultivated
  4. fostered
  5. nurtured
Verb
  • Her aunt, a breast cancer survivor, was the first person who encouraged her to get that initial lump checked.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Management identified improving full-price sales, particularly in North America, as a priority and said it was encouraged by the initial response to recent product launches.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of encouraged
Verb
  • Onli joined the Whitney as a curator-at-large in 2023, and she was promoted to the title of Nancy and Fred Poses Curator in 2024.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • It is being organized with Mira Anta, an audiovisual investment fund promoted by Womack’s Mira Entertainment Capital and managed by Anta Asset Management.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of promoted
Verb
  • Indígena by Owamni in Minneapolis serves manoomin, among many other wild and cultivated foods native to the Americas.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Lone Star State native has cultivated a warm reverence for many of his costars across 40 years in film and TV, as Hawke shares in the latest installment of Vanity Fair’s Scene Selection.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of cultivated
Verb
  • Public pressure for access was fostered by Orange Audubon that co-sponsored the Birdapalooza festival that introduced the North Shore.
    — Deborah Green, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • But the museum has not yet fostered an ideal environment for them.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of fostered
Verb
  • Putin grew up in the Soviet Union and nurtured his political roots there.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Innovation is nurtured from top to bottom by giving it the same importance as day-to-day operations.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurtured

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“Furthered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furthered. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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