spawned

past tense of spawn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spawned Scant evidence for a next-gen, destination IVF business A fertility treatment framed as a way to rewind the biological clock has spawned an international medical tourism business — with precious little evidence to back it up. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026 The storm formed over the Bay of Bengal, where the warm waters have spawned some of the deadliest cyclones to hit eastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Today’s IndyCar bosses could use a bit of the creativity that spawned the PPG Pace Cars. — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026 The movie was released in 1995, became a cult hit, and spawned sequels Next Friday, released in 2000, and Friday After Next, which came out in 2002. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026 In laboratory experiments, researchers have put different fungi in incubators and, by steadily raising the temperature, have spawned fungi that are more tolerant to higher heat. — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026 In Albania, where anger over development in a nature preserve has spawned an antigovernment movement, protesters hurled Molotov cocktails. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026 The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon spawned a wave of anti-Muslim harassment and hate crimes. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 But the energy crisis spawned by the war has left him grasping for solutions and promising that things will get better. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spawned
Verb
  • So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The major online retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Tuesday is election day, meaning that the traffic jams could have caused headaches for some last-minute voters.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Yamazaki’s Godzilla was entirely computer-generated, and his meticulous approach gave the character new speed and danger.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • It will be powered by a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) reactor, which relies on heat generated by a decaying nuclear isotope, and so does not rely on solar power for energy.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Flooding caused by this week’s heavy rains prompted Florida to change some polling locations in eight counties, the Florida Division of Elections says.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The shooting prompted the University of Delaware to cancel classes on Monday and provide counseling to students traumatized by the incident, according to a university spokesperson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But the difference is that those early records by Hannah Diamond and GFOTY were good—never mind written and produced by humans.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Jets have shown flashes of improvement from his 3-14 debut season, but those flashes haven’t produced consistent results.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Spawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spawned. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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