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
Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Buddy sired nine puppies before his death in 1998.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Buddy sired nine puppies before his death in 1998.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sired
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Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has fathered 14 children in total.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The exes share four kids — daughters Katherine and Christina and sons Patrick and Christopher — while Schwarzenegger also fathered son Joseph Baena with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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With Gein, Murphy has produced a story that weighs in on an existing urgent conversation happening right now.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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So far this season, the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane basin has produced four hurricanes and five tropical storms.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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That front page is reproduced below.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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These filaments have long been observed in real clusters like Perseus but never before reproduced in a simulation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Metroid and Castlevania begot the Metroidvania; hell, today, practically every game of any high difficulty gets roped in with soulslikes (referencing Dark Souls).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Sired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sired. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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