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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
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 We can be impregnated against our will. Paisley Currah, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025 That might still be enough, however, to give her the edge over June’s oldest daughter Helen (Toni Collette), a flighty new age breathing instructor who lives abroad and was recently impregnated by a random Greek stranger who knocks people up for fun and money. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Adjective
  • Though Hunt and Pacquin rightly won all the plaudits, Neill memorably played the brooding and jealous Alisdair.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • Drawn from the same writing sessions that produced Love Is Not Enough, released in February, Hum of Hurt is the darker and more brooding sibling.
    Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • After the ribbon-cutting, the splash pad turned on and children ran through the water until their clothes were soaked.
    Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The action is tenfold; there’s aerial warfare featuring lasers, sword fights that look straight out of Blade Runner, a blood-soaked and screaming Anya Taylor-Joy, and of course, an appearance from a massive sandworm, seemingly summoned by Chani.
    Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026
Adjective
  • Jula married within the Roma community, has had two children and is pregnant with an unwanted third.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 July 2026
  • Like Tubbs, Ferguson was new to the city, having only recently settled there after the better part of a year spent hitching trains with his pregnant girlfriend.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • In a fashion landscape saturated with noise, having a clear point of view is more critical than ever and Far Afield’s loyal following is proof that such authenticity still resonates strongly.
    Roddy Clarke, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Vibrant, saturated, and summer-ready, a juicy orange base is begging to be part of your next manicure.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 July 2026
Adjective
  • The following week she was diagnosed with gestational hypertension.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • By 2022, thanks to strong advocacy, the laws around gestational surrogacy had changed, and Cohen was able to welcome his daughter in New York.
    Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • There, deputies discovered that Bland had drowned her daughter Emii in a bathtub, according to an arrest report.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The 18-year-old drowned in April after jumping off a railroad track bridge at Lake Ray Hubbard, about 15 miles east of downtown Dallas.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Many of them were young women, either pregnant or of childbearing age, when the bombs fell and have lived much of their lives under a heavy shadow of fear and stigma.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Top each with 3 tablespoons lemon curd and 3/4 cup macerated blackberries.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • From an acclaimed vineyard named for the shape of the hills behind it, their 2023 was macerated for 17 days and aged in 75 percent new French oak for 20 months.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

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“Impregnated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnated. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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