as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molded
Those panels are color-molded, not painted.
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Ben Coxworth
may 01, New Atlas, 1 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
Each piece was molded and reproduced using carbon-fiber resin infusion, a process more commonly seen in aerospace manufacturing.
—Eric Hendrikx, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Artist Frank Benson then used the scans to create a sort of digital clay, molded to better display the garments.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The dynamic can work because it’s been molded less by basketball itself than by everything that comes with it.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
On 4, 5, J, M, and R trains, LEE was graffitied across whole cars in giant blocks of text, the letters sometimes cracked or slumped and molded into barely recognizable shapes.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
Ben Coxworth
may 01, New Atlas, 1 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
Each piece was molded and reproduced using carbon-fiber resin infusion, a process more commonly seen in aerospace manufacturing.
—Eric Hendrikx, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Artist Frank Benson then used the scans to create a sort of digital clay, molded to better display the garments.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The dynamic can work because it’s been molded less by basketball itself than by everything that comes with it.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
On 4, 5, J, M, and R trains, LEE was graffitied across whole cars in giant blocks of text, the letters sometimes cracked or slumped and molded into barely recognizable shapes.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
Verb
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Halleck adds coffee grounds need to be decomposed by microbes first to release nitrogen and other nutrients.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her body was so badly decomposed; no DNA swab could be taken.—
Mary Murphy,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 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
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The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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That last line is a nod for the brain-rotted among us.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Some decayed quickly, effectively disappearing without having done much harm.—
Eduardo B. Farfán,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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It was revealed in court that the beech tree at the center of the incident had decayed prior to the branch falling, according to the Evening News and BBC.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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