as in shed
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
a crab molts its shell as it grows larger
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Recent Examples of molted
Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molted
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The benchmark rose as high as about 30% in morning trading, before shedding some of those gains.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Ultimately, shedding a reputation for underpaying its players will power the growth of the league.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Drone Watch 3 was over The Goodwill Store on Route 45, where the strong winds peeled apart some of the roof.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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An 85-mph tornado peeled sheet metal from a large industrial building and snapped trees in north Charlotte during severe storms that raced through the region Monday, a National Weather Service team confirmed.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Molted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molted. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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