molded

past tense of mold

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Recent Examples of molded Behind the polished hair was professional heat styling powered by ghd hair tools, ensuring strands were molded without compromising health. Essence, 14 Sep. 2025 These embellishments were carved or molded to reflect artisanal motifs once popular in the south of France, with imagery like olive branches, lavender flowers, grapes, and cicadas. Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2025 This breathtaking image from James Sinclair gives us a detailed view of a section of the sun's atmosphere known as the chromosphere — a chaotic region where hydrogen and helium plasma is molded and reshaped by our star's ever-shifting magnetic field. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025 The soft insoles molded to my feet like slippers, and the nubuck leather was perfect out of the box without a long and painful break-in period. Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025 And this party is going to be grand indeed, molded to Hedda’s particular taste as possible — less flowers, more champagne — and kitted out with a guest list that proves more bizarre as the night winds on. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025 Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes. Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025 Nix took some of the advice and then molded it into a schedule tailored to his liking. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 Incorporate Activities That Build Team Cohesion First and foremost, team dynamics are most effectively stretched and molded through real-time activities. Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
Verb
  • Two people discovered badly decomposed human remains while doing a walkthrough of a home for sale in Ohio, police told news outlets.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Their remains were either so badly decomposed to be identified, or perhaps their dog tags were missing.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, the vehicle disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • These plans disintegrated in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in the taking of 251 hostages.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a small job of filling in a hole that a pet has dug or where a root has rotted, homeowners can easily handle this type of job themselves.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The wooden floor has rotted through, and only a few flimsy stairs remain attached to telephone poles, which once propped up the tower.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Iran’s model decayed even in places where Israel and the United States had not attacked for some time.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Within the next 18 days, the new short July 25 90/115 strangle would be worth only 46 cents, also having decayed by more than 80% of the value when the trade was initiated, at which point a trader could have rolled the short strangle yet again.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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