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hatched

verb

past tense of hatch
as in spawned
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

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Recent Examples of hatched Having never been to Woodstock before the idea of the festival was first hatched, Blaustein, along with her then-husband, the late Laurent Rejto, created a film festival without any funds or fame. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The eight new additions to the gharial habitat make a total of 16 that have been hatched at the zoo since 2023. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026 He’s hatched comedies like Letterkenny, Shoresy and Children Ruin Everything. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Prior to the 2011-2012 nesting season, no bald eagle chicks were known to have ever hatched in Big Bear Valley. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026 Since 2004, over 80 zebra shark eggs have hatched at the Shedd, placing baby sharks at more than a dozen zoos and aquariums across the United States. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The smokejumpers hatched a plan to appeal to Big Ernie’s perverse sense of humor. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 But on an ordinary mission, Hawks discovers a bizarre magic plague, a secret plan hatched by the Separatist army, and a contract with Republic intelligence to take on jobs the army can’t do. — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
  1. spawned
  2. incubated
  3. laid
  4. sat
Verb
  • That garden spawned an annual salsa competition, in which club employees harvest their own ingredients from the planters, make salsa at home, and bring it back to be judged.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The series started out as a 1996 horror video game that has spawned several sequels, spinoffs and remakes, in addition to adaptation across film and TV.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • Others, for certain, are incubated by gridiron versions of cheer moms, who shuffle their sons around in search of stardom.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Tempo, the payments-specific chain, was incubated with Paradigm rather than acquired.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of incubated
Verb
  • Which other creature would have laid its eggs in such a place—which other creature would have had that distant memory of a shoreline buried deep inside?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • When laid flat in overlapping layers, paper bags also help retain soil moisture by slowing evaporation and regulating soil temperature to protect plant roots.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of laid
Verb
  • This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of sat

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“Hatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatched. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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