invests

present tense third-person singular of invest
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as in inaugurates
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 besieges
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 invests To ensure a net gain, our agency completely avoids cliché prompts and invests significant time in sharpening them with firsthand data, raw outlines and strict audience constraints. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Pershing also invests heavily in employees’ health and well-being, Ackman said, offering everything from healthy meals in its cafe to gym access and comprehensive healthcare benefits. Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 Apple’s stock price has been on a roll (up 24% year to date) unlike some other tech giants as the industry invests heavily in data centers and chips as an AI arms race unfolds. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026 If California, which invests more than most states, still cannot reliably connect families to help that exists, other states are almost certainly doing worse. Danielle Stephens, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Semmelman added that extradition of high-profile figures can sometimes take longer, especially if the defense aggressively invests resources in the litigation. Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 The organization that invests and helps people get access to affordable housing. Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 As Microsoft invests much of its resources into everything AI, a struggling consumer business with a difficult future doesn’t necessarily seem like a good fit for the company. Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 July 2026 Each year, the company invests hundreds of millions of dollars into attractions guests already know and love. Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
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Verb
  • But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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  • The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.
    Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
  • The unique porous structure of this magnesium foam endows the material with exceptional mechanical properties, combining high formability with high energy absorption.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
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  • Just as important, the CMA enables Customs and Border Protection to employ the same advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence already used by these marketplaces.
    Bill Cassidy, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The donation enables the Rijksmuseum to introduce everyone to Rombout Uylenburgh, a fascinating artist of whom very little work has survived.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Later, CeCe dresses her up in a pink tutu and makes up a dance for her kitten.
    Parents, Parents, 31 July 2026
  • Young, who dresses Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, and Scarlett Johansson, spotlighted it as an essential for summer travel in her latest Quince curation.
    Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 31 July 2026
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  • Welcome to the wild world of casting non-professional actors, a practice that is in the spotlight this year as the Academy inaugurates the casting Oscar.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
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  • The paint color that encircles the wallpaper is important, but Chloe Redmond Warner says the bread should be the least exciting part of this sandwich.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The butterfly encircles Larsson's eye, with its wings spanning the whole area from her inner brow to well past its tip.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 July 2026
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  • Jason thus dismembers Cassidy’s corpse, wraps his bits up in tin foil, and stores them away in the freezer.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Upgrade your desktop setup with LG's 27-inch UltraGear monitor, featuring an immersive 1,000R curved QHD display that wraps around your field of view.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • On average, a single Rooral guest infuses about $1,765 into the local economy each month.
    Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The inaugural effort was vanilla ice cream swirled with pistachio cream and bits of Meyer lemon shortbread, but the current iteration infuses hochija tea into the ice cream base with a crunchy black sesame swirl.
    Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Invests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invests. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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