as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molded
Luis Enrique became a three-time winner as a coach and has molded a team that is simply too good even for the best the continent has to offer.
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James Robson, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The seating is made with modules crafted with a base molded from recycled polypropylene.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 May 2026
Nearly 500 years before, a Franciscan friar arrived in what is now the state of Jalisco carrying a 13-inch icon of the Virgin Mary that had been molded by Indigenous craftsmen from a paste of corn pith and orchid bulbs.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Each piece was molded and reproduced using carbon-fiber resin infusion, a process more commonly seen in aerospace manufacturing.
—New Atlas, 8 May 2026
Rose cake molded in the shape of the flower.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
That collaborative spirit is visible throughout the building and sculptures, which include faces carved in stone that were molded from real people who lived or worked nearby during Gaudí's time as chief architect, including neighborhood vendors and maintenance workers.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Two tiny dots and a line are molded into the right temple's outward face to indicate the touch strip, but like the endpieces, those bumps could easily be seen as an aesthetic quirk.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
This room of baseball players, each molded from a single giant block of clay, was fantastic.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
James Robson, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The seating is made with modules crafted with a base molded from recycled polypropylene.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 May 2026
Nearly 500 years before, a Franciscan friar arrived in what is now the state of Jalisco carrying a 13-inch icon of the Virgin Mary that had been molded by Indigenous craftsmen from a paste of corn pith and orchid bulbs.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Each piece was molded and reproduced using carbon-fiber resin infusion, a process more commonly seen in aerospace manufacturing.
—New Atlas, 8 May 2026
Rose cake molded in the shape of the flower.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
That collaborative spirit is visible throughout the building and sculptures, which include faces carved in stone that were molded from real people who lived or worked nearby during Gaudí's time as chief architect, including neighborhood vendors and maintenance workers.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Two tiny dots and a line are molded into the right temple's outward face to indicate the touch strip, but like the endpieces, those bumps could easily be seen as an aesthetic quirk.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
This room of baseball players, each molded from a single giant block of clay, was fantastic.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
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There have been in-kind donations, and the city has contributed materials such as gravel and decomposed granite for walking paths.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Biodegradable waste consists of organic materials, such as food scraps, vegetable peels, paper, leaves, and agricultural residues, that can be decomposed naturally through microbial processes.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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Blaine is disintegrated, while Sam is clearly changed.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Late Saturday, rescue crews were trying to determine whether the ValuJet aircraft disintegrated on impact or partially lodged itself in the soft, marshy terrain of the Everglades.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now the pages are yellowed; the rubber band rotted away years ago.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
Verb
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But since sitting vacant, the property has decayed and listed in city property records as unoccupiable.—
Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
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And what with all the love and pain, something in me softened—or maybe decayed.—
Eva Wiseman,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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