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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
Firms that invested at least $30 million in AI over the past five years outperformed those that did not by 23% in market capitalization growth from 2024 through 2025, Altrata said. Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 Supporters are keen to see academy talents given a chance, but teams around them invested heavily. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 But in many cases, hotels have invested more time and money in recent years in creating attractive lobbies, fine dining restaurants and exercise facilities. Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 As trillions of dollars change hands, inheritors won’t just take on their family fortunes—they’ll also have the chance to reshape how that wealth is invested, spent, and put to work. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 Unique to co-op grocery models, all profits are invested back in members and the store. Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Yet the initial program that began in 2017 focused on urban areas, with more than $150 billion invested since then. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026 By the mid-nineteenth century, the it-narrative began to interest authors invested less in provoking excitement than in guiding the moral development of their readers. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive. David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • The hotel is particularly well suited to families and business travelers, thanks to connecting rooms, extensive meeting facilities, and easy transport links.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Short-term working capital needs are often better suited for a revolving line of credit.
    Joseph Lustberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 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
  • Hardy gifted his lifelong love of the game to Naima, Coltrane’s 13-year-old daughter in the novel.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • She was also widely admired for her philanthropy, including her Imagination Library program, which has gifted more than 300 million books to children across the world over 31 years.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Those walls are coming down, thanks to a wave of vibe coding enabled by OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Cowork.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Performance is driven by Processes, enabled by People and inspired by Purpose—and all of it is held together by a bit of Phun.
    Sam Talya, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The television personality was clad in a vampy all-burgundy ensemble that was playfully textural.
    Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The resulting low-slung structure is clad in understated materials, with a sloping bronze-colored roof, stone chimney, expansive glazing, and teak siding.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Charles Charles Woodson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Twenty One Pilots first led a tribute performance of the stadium stomper when Jack and Meg White were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last November.
    Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 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
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  • Each piece of yuca (cut like a large fry) is wrapped in bacon and fried until the outside is crispy and golden while the center remains soft.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • On Saturday, Bueckers was at a Costco on Arbrook Boulevard, with fans of all ages wrapped around several aisles lining up to get an autograph and a picture with the star.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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