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or sowed
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as in sprinkled
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 sown
They are either directly sown out in the garden or planted indoors in pots and then transplanted outside when the weather warms.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026
Others are available for purchase as seeds that can be easily germinated indoors or sown directly in the garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Seeds can be sown indoors or directly in your garden.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026
So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers.
—Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Kennedy has long sown doubt in the safety and effectiveness of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Some are too afraid to go to the hospital at all for angst sown during Operation Midway Blitz, the federal mass deportation campaign that took place in Chicago last year.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026
Others are available for purchase as seeds that can be easily germinated indoors or sown directly in the garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Seeds can be sown indoors or directly in your garden.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026
So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers.
—Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Kennedy has long sown doubt in the safety and effectiveness of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Some are too afraid to go to the hospital at all for angst sown during Operation Midway Blitz, the federal mass deportation campaign that took place in Chicago last year.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sown
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Apple Hill includes farms, gardens, orchards, vineyards, wineries and breweries sprinkled around the Sierra Nevada foothills.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Sequeira sprinkled in a little easter egg elements into her outfits through the different timelines that nodded to Pennywise.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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In effect, the seeds of the Main Battle Tank would be planted.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The resulting plants produce fruit whose triploid seeds are then planted to yield seedless watermelons.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Some varieties, like ‘Tumbling Tom’ have a cascading habit while others, including ‘Tiny Tim’ have been bred specifically for growing in containers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Green hydrangeas are seen on varieties that have been bred for green color, such as Invincible Sublime, a mophead type.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The vandals sprayed their hate messages with black and red spray paint.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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In the 2015 shooting, one witness told police that Savage had threatened one of the victims with a metal pipe and sprayed them with bleach, while another claimed Greene was the shooter.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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The Blue Jays were seeded seventh in 2007 but played at Hofstra because of commencement at Homewood that weekend.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2026
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With so few games remaining, those rankings will offer a fairly clear look at where teams will be placed and how teams will be seeded.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Anything other than sitting in front of a camera and getting peppered by angry Wildcats fans drunk on bourbon and filled with disappointment.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Zilis peppered her speech with unusual phrases and occasional sarcasm.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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“Sown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sown. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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