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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
Los Angeles and Southern California are emerging as power centers in this surge, with nearly $8 billion invested across 207 deals, led by space and defense firms such as Anduril Industries and Impulse Space. Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 For years, the only factory breeding sterile flies in the Western Hemisphere was in Panama, but the USDA invested $21 million to convert a site in southern Mexico from breeding fruit flies to recently start breeding screwworm flies. John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 Like many of the world’s highest-earning athletes, Djokovic has invested a portion of his wealth in real estate, assembling a portfolio that stretches from the Mediterranean to the mountains of Monaco and beyond. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 July 2026 In the last two years, organizations have invested billions of dollars in generative AI. Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Every dollar invested must deliver value and strengthen our economy. Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 This means a larger portion of your cash will be invested directly in your home in the long run. Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Rather than simply adding warehouse capacity, companies have invested heavily in inventory visibility, warehouse management systems and item-level tracking that allow retailers to manage inventory across increasingly complex fulfillment networks. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 Google cofounder Sergey Brin has personally invested more than $250 million into LTA Research & Exploration, an aviation company building advanced airships. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • Its chips are particularly well-suited for the increasing inference segment of AI, offering energy efficiency and bypassing critical manufacturing bottlenecks.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The app is especially well suited for beginners, busy professionals and anyone who feels overwhelmed by more complex budgeting systems.
    Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
  • Lyrically, these 10 songs are suffused with a bittersweet feeling of nostalgia for early adulthood, as heard on the album’s title track.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Goalkeeper Matt Freese’s costly blunder in the 57th minute was an embarrassment that gifted the Belgians a third goal to all but seal the elimination loss.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • If your lawnmowers, gardening tools, or other yard‑maintenance supplies aren't getting much use this season (or someone gifted you new ones), many ReStore locations are happy to take your pre-loved ones.
    Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
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  • Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The research insights enabled Microsoft to evolve its narratives and solutions in ways that resonated more authentically with how people actually live and work.
    Tim Wragg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • That was enough for France, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in the city where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • He was inducted in 1998 as a Disney Legend and has won a Tony, a Grammy, a People’s Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement honor (now the Actor Awards).
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • In 2018, the record (Jay-Z's sixth LP) was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Boston was besieged by the Tartan Army.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • In the adjacent room, the Shapiro team was equally besieged.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Getty Images for Cannes Lions A week after Cannes Lions wrapped, most of the industry is back at their desks and the dust has settled enough to see what actually mattered versus what was just noise on the Croisette.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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

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