as in fathered
to become the father of
the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners
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Recent Examples of sired
There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Bowie sired a calf there in June 2025, making Fort Worth Zoo’s oldest elephant Rasha a great-grandmother and the matriarch of four generations.
—Harriet Ramos
may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Robusta, a Calumet Farm homebred sired by Accelerate, has only a maiden victory from five career starts.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Both calves were sired by Bernard, who is now dad to 17 rhinos.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Bowie sired a calf there in June 2025, making Fort Worth Zoo’s oldest elephant Rasha a great-grandmother and the matriarch of four generations.
—Harriet Ramos
may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Robusta, a Calumet Farm homebred sired by Accelerate, has only a maiden victory from five career starts.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Both calves were sired by Bernard, who is now dad to 17 rhinos.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sired
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It's been reported that a motivating factor in Princess Anne finally making the split official was the discovery that her husband had fathered another child years earlier.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Thompson fathered a child with another woman during their relationship.—
Swasti Singhai,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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This past awards season, the brand hosted a pre-Oscars dinner with nominee Stellan Skarsgård, who also starred in a short film produced by the brand, which was filmed at the storied (West) Hollywood haunt.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
6 June 2026
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The quality adjustment problem does not reside in nominal GDP, which simply asks what was spent, earned, or produced in current dollars, but rather in the deflator applied to convert those nominal figures into real terms.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The scramble for Anthropic shares has spawned a shadow economy in which some middlemen are selling secondary shares of the company—sometimes fraudulently.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The $10 billion invested in robotics in 2026, according to CB Insights, has spawned an industry focused on training robots.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Sired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sired. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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