richened

past tense of richen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for richened
Verb
  • This homey sheet cake is enriched with tangy buttermilk, which gives the dessert a tender crumb and a touch of acidity to balance out the sweetness.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Inside, the Lounge was enriched with new couches from Patricia Urquiola’s Aland series and lighting by Philippe Starck (including the striking Khan lamp and the Angelo Stone freestanding lamp).
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cover with a tight-fitting lid; cook over medium, swirling skillet every couple of minutes, until water is evaporated and potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Andy Jones What the data says Burnley’s promotion was built on a strong defensive foundation, but that stability has quickly evaporated against Premier League opposition.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of the experiment, third-party engineers extracted core samples from both lanes for lab testing and analysis.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The debate in Cincinnati intensified when City Manager Sheryl Long placed Police Chief Teresa Theetge on leave in October and hired a law firm to investigate her job performance.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Twenty other areas in Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting has intensified in recent months, are also at risk of famine, according to the IPC.
    NPR, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The tie-up has further deepened its Houlihan relationship.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Anthropic and Google deepened their cloud partnership last week in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, while Meta has inked hefty cloud deals with Google and Oracle in recent months.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The storm has strengthened into the equivalent of a Category 4 Hurricane and is expected to hit central Vietnam Thursday night — an area that hasn’t yet recovered from disastrous flash flooding and landslides caused by weeks of record rainfall and successive storms.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch has said several operations already underway in Michoacán, including arresting those involved in organized crime, would be strengthened.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Disney content, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google’s YouTube TV overnight after the two companies failed to renew a streaming contract.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The left rear seat, on the other hand, is somewhat different; the designers have removed the traditional front passenger seat, giving the passenger lots of space to stretch out in first-class aircraft style.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cream of wheat is often fortified with iron and B vitamins, while oatmeal provides fiber and several essential minerals and vitamins.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Today, scientists are still studying its properties, and the high priests of the antisugar brigade are still condemning it, while its romantic and even erotic reputation remains well fortified by Valentine’s Day.
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Richened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richened. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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