molded

verb

past tense of mold
as in decomposed
to go through decomposition plants molding in the abandoned garden

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Recent Examples of molded Young minds are getting molded right there in the stadium, and on that field. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Rogow has assembled a solid cast, molded to his vision, to close out Island City’s 14th season. — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Pointedly, none were discovered according to an agent’s discriminating taste or molded by an editor into a font of commercial storytelling. — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 The past two years have shaped my early adulthood and molded my thought process around how far this music thing can really go for me. — Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Much of Hal’s personality has been molded to fit Chandler’s distinct charisma, but the bitter edge feels new. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 The Community impact Rainbow Park’s closure is in some ways a flash point in the story of a changing neighborhood molded by economic and social pressures. — Austin Horn august 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 Visitors who’ve been drawn by nostalgia or curiosity to see it — and smell it — for themselves have molded over 3,000 sphinxes so far. — Juliet Bennett Rylah, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
  1. decomposed
  2. disintegrated
  3. rotted
  4. decayed
Verb
  • Most of the remains were severely decomposed, but investigators believed Montgomery had been dead for less than a day when he was found.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The fungal structures of either species inhabit soil where infected plant debris has decomposed.
    — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of decomposed
Verb
  • After 14 years of exploration, the Galileo spacecraft intentionally fell into Jupiter and disintegrated in the planet's dense atmosphere.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But slack defending allowed Chelsea’s individual quality to shine and as the match wore on, United’s confidence disintegrated.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of disintegrated
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  • So much of it has degraded—tapes rotted to spooky fuzz, videos with shaggy images and too‑white faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • By this point the food in her fridge rotted and her basement flooded.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotted
Verb
  • The resulting collisions formed excited compound nuclei that decayed through multiple gamma-ray steps.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • 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].
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of decayed

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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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