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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
Lockheed Martin has invested $250 million in the Strigo facility to support seeker development. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 General Motors has invested nearly $200 million in the past year to modernize internal skilled trade careers and manufacturing, engineering, and technician roles. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 The private equity firm invested separately in Cleveland’s WNBA franchise, the Sirens, which starts play in 2028. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026 According to JPMorgan, an investor who put $10,000 into the S&P 500 and missed its 10 best trading days between 2005 and 2024 would have ended up with less than half the wealth of someone who stayed fully invested. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 If, say, a Chinese model developer can piggyback on all the money and computing power those companies have invested, the incentive to keep making new models starts to evaporate. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Since 2021, San Jose Water has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure including pipes, pumps and plants. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 RedBird had already invested $2 billion in David Ellison’s Skydance Media for its takeover of Paramount Global, a deal that closed in August 2025. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 The school has invested heavily in the team, but results have been average at best to this point. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • Investors can use this list as a starting point — along with referrals — to find an expert who is well-suited for their family's needs.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Spanish royal is known for her suited style, wearing pieces by such designers as Carolina Herrera, Bleis and Hugo Boss, among others.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Thomas’ life was tragically cut short in a car accident involving a Porsche that Douglas had gifted her.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • James Johnson gifted him his own brand-new Jordans when Powell complimented them during a pre-draft workout.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company is working on a Siri AI-enabled smart home hub that comes with a six-inch display that users can mount to their wall or place on a table, Bloomberg has reported.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Consider Inside Membership a slick, Uber-like alternative to traditional PR agencies, streamlining the process of bookings, content creation and measurement of ROI, since it’s all enabled by proprietary technology.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Also on the premises are a striking one-bedroom cabin clad entirely in redwood, an outdoor movie pavilion, and sweeping mountain and city lights views from every vantage point.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Union members and their supporters were dressed colorfully, clad in red or green, and their march through the Brussels city center passed off peacefully.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Webb was not yet 40 when he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The 75-year-old was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The settlers who carried out the attack in Jalud overnight are the same group who besieged the home of a Palestinian-American in the neighboring village of Qusra last month, local residents say.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The village built on the Luna Rossa base’s docks — its metallic structure wrapped externally in reflective foil — is an immersive, low-light space with modular wooden and aluminum displays intended for flexibility.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • With fashion month just wrapped and various fall getaways in the works (including a handful of post-fashion month R&R long weekends), team Vogue is scattering this season.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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