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 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 Jumping back to today, or last year, the Engine A employs a single-piece molded upper along with an ERS midsole with cutouts that reveal a core of SuperFloat foam within. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 The upper is made with waterproof, lightweight, and flexible GORE-TEX, and the interior midsole is molded to fit the foot and provide a bouncy feel. — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 The Ojai audience, having been molded over the decades by the likes of Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Mitsuko Uchida, is not easily fazed. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
  1. decomposed
  2. disintegrated
  3. rotted
  4. decayed
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  • The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The autopsy report said investigators used dental image comparisons to identify the body, which was severely decomposed.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of decomposed
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  • Just seconds later, in a separate incident, the Brazilian F50 was about to go into a standard jibe maneuver (turning the boat through the wind to change direction) but disintegrated in the blink of an eye.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Tim Graham/Getty Images Most Popular Nader’s empire quickly disintegrated into chaos.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of disintegrated
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  • By this point the food in her fridge rotted and her basement flooded.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In the process, Ownbey discovered support timbers had rotted away, forcing him to bring entire walls to his workshop for meticulous reconstruction.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 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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