SPAWNED Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

spawned

verb

past tense of spawn

as in created

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

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Recent Examples of spawned Vancouver’s model spawned dozens of injection sites across Canada. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Wildfires in a Utah national forest spawned massive spinning towers of smoke, prompting evacuations in a nearby town. — Gina Park, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 The move spawned federal labor and antitrust litigation with a group that included Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, and resulted in a new CBA that largely favored the league. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026 The new program, incorporating consultants’ advice on how leading companies are deploying AI, has spawned 50 initiatives. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 July 2026 The success of Ascend West Virginia has already spawned a collection of spinoffs aimed at luring out-of-staters and retaining local talent. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 24 July 2026 The nova also spawned a thick disc of dust that completely obscured the binary star system. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026 That outbreak spawned nearly two dozen tornadoes statewide and is remembered as the fifth-largest outbreak in state history. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026 This approach is somewhat patterned on other national issues that have spawned a plethora of state-level laws. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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Tectonic movement also created today's Central Valley, a highly productive agricultural area that was once part of the ocean, then an inland sea, and then a freshwater lake, Lozos said.

— Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
In the first week of spring training in February, when the first-year manager wanted to raise the topic of how news of his hiring had broken, his attempt to set the record straight only created further confusion for some.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Focus is primarily on what are known as soft kills, which encompass ways of stopping drones by signal interference or disruptions caused by external energy.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

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Then in August 2021, Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans, so the couple brought Family Meal back at a time when many were not just without food, but water and electricity.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Boston moved Garciaparra in a four-team blockbuster that brought Orlando Cabrera and Doug Mientkiewicz to the club as the Red Sox reshaped their roster ahead of an eventual World Series championship.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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In early 2025, Y Combinator reported that for a quarter of its Winter 2025 batch, roughly 95% of the codebase was AI-generated, notable for highly technical founders who would have written the software themselves a year earlier.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Industrial companies and technology firms have already secured rights to the electricity generated at the site.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of generated

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That physical practice produced a defensive dominant today, which provided a couple of clues about the roster.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Stronger, more effective composites for electric vehicles, high-speed rail, and airplanes are being produced by lightweight, radiation-tolerant nanomaterials and metamaterials honed for spacecraft, which also reduce weight and increase range.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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