as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molded
Mestemaker isn't the only signal caller Morris has molded into a Heisman candidate, as the 40-year-old Cowboys head coach is seen as somewhat of a quarterback whisperer dating back to his days at Incarnate Word and Washington State, coaching both Cam Ward and John Mateer, respectively.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
Roles and responsibilities are more likely to be molded around player skills than the other way around, which has made room for players such as Van Ginkel to thrive while maximizing individual strengths.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
The cushioned insole and flexible exterior immediately impressed me, as the shoe molded to my foot and didn’t need to be broken in.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
With a culinary landscape that, for a long while, was encompassed largely of fine-dining institutions, no-fuss po’boy places, and Cajun comfort-food spots, New Orleans has certainly expanded its taste buds with a burgeoning guard of diverse restaurants and menus molded by many cultures.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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New Atlas,
8 May 2026
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
Roles and responsibilities are more likely to be molded around player skills than the other way around, which has made room for players such as Van Ginkel to thrive while maximizing individual strengths.
—
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The cushioned insole and flexible exterior immediately impressed me, as the shoe molded to my foot and didn’t need to be broken in.
—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
With a culinary landscape that, for a long while, was encompassed largely of fine-dining institutions, no-fuss po’boy places, and Cajun comfort-food spots, New Orleans has certainly expanded its taste buds with a burgeoning guard of diverse restaurants and menus molded by many cultures.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
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Prosecutor Cheryl Galvin disagreed, saying that while the body had decomposed, the medical examiner was still able to conclude Chiodo died by homicide due to blunt force and sharp force injuries.
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Compost is decomposed organic matter, created when microorganisms break down plant materials, food scraps, leaves, manure, and other organic inputs.
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The meteor — which is thought to be a small chunk of a much larger asteroid — was probably too small and traveled too fast to survive atmospheric entry and instead disintegrated entirely, leaving no parts of it to fall to the ground in the form of meteorites.
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Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk.
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While the timber has long since rotted away, the posts lined up to point directly at the rising sun during the summer solstice and the setting sun at the winter solstice — in the same way as Stonehenge.
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The storm hit Jamaica on August 12, splintering three hundred homes, and 90 percent of banana crops rotted to black in the post-storm humidity.
Verb
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In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].
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But since sitting vacant, the property has decayed and listed in city property records as unoccupiable.
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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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