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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
For years, organizations have invested millions in building data lakes. Crispin Beale, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 China has invested heavily in research universities, scientific workforce development, research infrastructure and technology clusters that connect universities, government laboratories and industry. H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026 Men, women, children, gender nonconforming people were invested, holding supportive signs, many of them wearing the women’s merchandise. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 DeSantis invested over $1 billion in the construction of the site, which held federal immigration detainees in an industrial white tent. Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Nvidia has invested billions in companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have in turn committed to buying Nvidia’s chips. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 That may change now that the findings show a return of up to $23 for every dollar invested over the typical two-year life of a pair of eyeglasses. Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 Indeed, Microsoft invested $41 billion in the quarter, including assets acquired under finance leases. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • Illustrations of peacocks, butterflies, and florals turn each acrylic tile into a miniature work of art, while the colorful palette feels perfectly suited for a poolside picnic table.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Samsung is marketing the newer style as better-suited for entertainment and reading e-books, among other advantages that come with the wider, shorter inner display.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Originally built in 1481, the cottage in West Sussex came into the possession of the Messel family in 1890 and was passed down for generations before Oliver gifted it to the royal couple.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Colin Gray, the father who gifted his teen son the assault rifle used in the deadly mass shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
    Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • This is being enabled by newer architectures like compute-in-memory that will increase performance and reduce costs.
    Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That feeds back into the cycle of innovation and has enabled Ukrainian companies to take huge risks in developing drones, robots and other weapons, while learning from failures on how to harden their systems for modern battlefields.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the guy, clad in full European cycling-team gear, coasts up to the front-door bench, the mechanic gets a closer look.
    Tom Campbell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Yungblud easily took on the song’s euphoric verses as Corgan accompanied on guitar, both clad in all-black, from the four-time-platinum LP.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Collins is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in November.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Funk brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The staff means business, with the host stand besieged by walk-ins, take-out orders, and impatient guests waiting outside.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • His entries have always been besieged by cameos from popular characters such as Iron Man, Nick Fury, or, as in No Way Home, the Spider-Men that preceded Holland’s take.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • These styles feature a thicker strap that’s wrapped around the heel—no sliding here.
    Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Solana protocol Seasons aims to offer crypto stability by distributing gold, wrapped Bitcoin, and dollar tokens to holders.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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