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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
  • For this story, Jessie was gifted two Free People Emerson Tote Bags—the classic full-sized style and the mini suede version—to test.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Every traveler has a favorite way of collecting memories—and mine began with a Canon AE-1, the camera my grandmother gifted me for a graduation gift many years back.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the time, steamships and the printing press enabled people and ideas to travel farther and faster across the globe than ever before.
    Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The change enabled state and local government employees to stop working at an earlier age and collect more retirement pay.
    Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • My fellow guests are largely Lycra-clad and yoga-ready or wearing the resort’s fluffy robes to wander its halls, and more than half will return for a repeat visit within 18 months, one of the staffers tells me.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Designed around century-old oak trees, the home is clad in limestone and natural timber, reflecting the principles of organic modernism.
    Sandra Barrera, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Dave Matthews Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor Swift will be adding another trophy to her shelf, as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the superstar will be inducted into the hall this fall, becoming, at 36, the youngest writer ever to receive the honor.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And yet, besieged by the same afflictions of greed, self-interest and a comical inability to work together, horse racing is doing its damndest to similarly mess up its very good thing.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • In that incident, Gay used a chain wrapped around his hand to fracture the skull of the teen, court records show.
    Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Dining Room For a hint of color, the walls are wrapped in a peachy grass cloth, Elizabeth Dow Home’s Island textile in Sao Miquel.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

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