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as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer
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as in bred
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife
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Recent Examples of sowed
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski sowed fear for nearly two decades until his brother recognized some of his anonymous writings and alerted authorities.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Iran’s revolutionary project for the Middle East sowed misery and won’t be missed.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Hoover’s bureau sowed disinformation among Black progressive groups, tapped King’s phone and attempted to extort him with allegations of adultery.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
In addition to clarifying that New York’s ban applied to all non-cloth bags containing plastic, Judge Connolly also ordered the state to cover plaintiffs’ court costs on account of the confusion sowed by regulators’ incorrect instructions.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
These Hezbollah rockets drove over 60,000 Israelis from their homes in northern towns and villages and sowed the seeds for the current conflict in Lebanon and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah patron Iran, which threaten to overshadow the Israel-Hamas war itself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Carrie Johnson, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Iran’s revolutionary project for the Middle East sowed misery and won’t be missed.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Hoover’s bureau sowed disinformation among Black progressive groups, tapped King’s phone and attempted to extort him with allegations of adultery.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
In addition to clarifying that New York’s ban applied to all non-cloth bags containing plastic, Judge Connolly also ordered the state to cover plaintiffs’ court costs on account of the confusion sowed by regulators’ incorrect instructions.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
These Hezbollah rockets drove over 60,000 Israelis from their homes in northern towns and villages and sowed the seeds for the current conflict in Lebanon and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah patron Iran, which threaten to overshadow the Israel-Hamas war itself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sowed
seeded
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Six of the players in the round of 16 were seeded 20th or higher, and half the top eight seeds were out before the quarters.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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What was seeded as an art project for an internship with Yolé!—
Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Sowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sowed. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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