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impregnated

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verb

past tense of impregnate

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Recent Examples of impregnated
Adjective
Autoclave technology takes pre-impregnated carbon-fiber shapes and then cures them under high pressure and temperature to deliver maximum structural rigidity and weight savings. Jerry Perez, The Drive, 4 June 2026 Ahead of the premiere, Fisher and Wigfield sat down to discuss this season’s evolving dynamics, including the surprising bond between Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) and Ginny, the woman Anne’s late husband cheated on her with, impregnated, and ultimately, left her for. Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Ask your vet about oral medications, impregnated collars, or topical treatments for pets. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
However, following reports that Jagger impregnated Brazilian model Luciana Morad, Hall went to file for divorce only to find out their nuptials were never legally binding. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 My favorite titles reveal that the land of love can be treacherous terrain—migration, murder, parental illness, a stranger impregnated. Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Clothing impregnated with permethrin is another option. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2026 Now, as a parent to two small children myself, Margo’s choice stirred up a lot of feelings for me, especially because this exact narrative — a young, twenty-something woman decides to keep her baby after getting impregnated by a married professor — is also playing out on HBO’s Rooster. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 Dolores Huerta, 95, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Chavez, told the newspaper she was raped and impregnated twice by Chavez. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 Apollo Records ambient-house longplayer impregnated with weed smoke, working simultaneously from the intractable computer logic of vintage IDM and the loose rules of a jam session. Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 The cliffhanger of the previous season, which saw Lister impregnated by his female self from an alternate universe, is dismissed with a pre-episode text crawl parodying Star Wars, which irreverently moved way too fast to read. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026 Sgualdo’s feature debut tells the story of 15-year-old Emma, who’s impregnated after being raped. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Adjective
  • Massive ceramic brakes on 20- and 21-inch wheels complete the overall sense that this car is a brooding, robotic beast.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Davidson previously teased just how far the transformation goes, appearing in an earlier first-look image with longer hair, a darker, more brooding look, and colored contacts.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The apricot and pine nut topping is a sun-soaked (but optional) delight.
    Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But Hrgovic had soaked them all up and even sent a few back Itauma’s way.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Isabel, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, got pregnant at age 19 and had been forced to place her daughter for adoption, according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Cole emphasized that people feel uncomfortable around pregnant women due to the underrepresentation of women in places of power at work.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Alabbar, who made his name with Downtown Dubai, was expanding abroad even before the US-Iran war as the UAE market became saturated.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Muhs attributed the dramatic rise to decades of underinvestment in roads but also the mid-April storms that saturated soil and caused the layers of roads to detach from each other.
    Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The gestational surrogate who carried the child of the 40-year-old singer and 42-year-old entrepreneur gave birth in Los Angeles this summer, but the news didn’t surface until Page Six broke the news this month.
    Marzia Nicolini, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As pregnancies progress, gestational hypertension increases the risk of preeclampsia, which also leads to liver and kidney problems.
    Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His daughter's husband, who drank heavily, toppled off his boat and drowned.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Parts of Orange County, still a vast agricultural Eden, were drowned.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Egg freezing, formally called oocyte preservation, is one of the clearest ways to extend a woman’s childbearing years.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a midwife assigned to every childbearing individual, regardless of the risk status of the pregnancy.
    DeAnna Taylor, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each was individually macerated to determine specific extraction times.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Top each with 3 tablespoons lemon curd and 3/4 cup macerated blackberries.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 12 July 2026

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“Impregnated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnated. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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