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verb

past tense of invest
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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen

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as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell

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Recent Examples of invested
Adjective
And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Staying invested The survey, conducted between late August and early September, included 2,029 American investors with at least $10,000 in investable assets and 538 financial advisers and financial professionals. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Albany Engineered Composites has invested more than $36 million in manufacturing capabilities for hypersonic vehicles, solid rocket motors, and space systems, as the company expands production infrastructure for advanced high-temperature materials. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 The billionaire has also invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Under his administration, California invested heavily in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, sales incentive programs and advanced fleet requirements. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said the district has invested heavily in school safety, including secure entries, door locks, fencing and security cameras and lockdown drills. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The Cowboys invested massive resources in its defensive tackle room headed by Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Test infrastructure was slow, and the industry invested its way to speed. — Jay Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Eager said the school was built in recent years, adding the school district has invested a lot in security. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • Jill’s approach to being First Lady was to act as Joe’s lead messenger, and this suited Bernal, who had gained his knowledge of policy indirectly as a scheduler and advance man.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Many Republican districts, which are often large and more rural, are well suited to these kinds of projects.
    — Kayla Morton, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Photograph by David Billet For years now, pop music has been suffused with a vague, or coded, malaise.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mary tells them that Britani left her event with not one but THREE floral arrangements, which included the one that Mary gifted her, one right off the table, and the one that Britani herself brought as a gift.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Digest The New York Public Library was gifted some 250 prints by Kiki Smith from her sister, the artist Seton Smith.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Her refusal to be silent enabled her to transform her personal story into a global movement for justice.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In a new memoir, the legendary reporter names a parade of confidential sources who enabled monumental scoops in The Washington Post and his blockbuster books.
    — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This Saturday, friends, family and community members clad in different shades of light blue came together at a public vigil to honor Noel’s legacy.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • As San Francisco’s Hobart Building—with its elaborate neoclassical facade clad in terracotta—neared completion in 1914, influential architect Willis Polk was commissioned for another project across the bay in the Berkeley Hills.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • O’Brien, a longtime Homewood resident, will be the first representative from Special Olympics Illinois to be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mehra – director of 2016 pic Baar Baar Dekho and creator of Prime Video series Big Girls Don’t Cry – says that while Indian audiences are besieged by films and TV content right now, where Hunkkaar has cut through is in its subject matter.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Its largest medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital, was besieged, bombed, and raided, under false pretexts, resulting in hundreds of deaths inside.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The fixtures were made from the very boxes that the costumes came in, simple merchandise boxes wrapped in black plastic, and the checkout counter was made of two-by-fours and cement blocks.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Written and directed by Misha Citron, whose credits include Enola Holmes, filming on One Last Summer wrapped in Tuscany, Italy.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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