as in creates
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 spawns
The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas.
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Rachel Nuwer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
The Lifeform spawns from a black, bacterial mold that infests the yellow wallpaper and moist carpets.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The coupling that El Niño spawns between the atmosphere and the warmer water along the Equator tends to create sinking winds over the Atlantic that disrupt cloud formations that could otherwise become hurricanes.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Hating cops also spawns ridiculous protests, like the ones that called for police to be defunded.
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Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
The energy of the collision spawns many new particles, including—sometimes—W bosons.
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Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.
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Jessa Crispin,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nadella sat for a conversation with the Forum’s interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, explaining that if AI growth spawns solely from investment, then that could be signs of a bubble.
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
The rare night in Hollywood bringing together movie and TV stars often spawns some of the most intriguing celebrity interactions.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Rachel Nuwer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
The Lifeform spawns from a black, bacterial mold that infests the yellow wallpaper and moist carpets.
—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The coupling that El Niño spawns between the atmosphere and the warmer water along the Equator tends to create sinking winds over the Atlantic that disrupt cloud formations that could otherwise become hurricanes.
—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Hating cops also spawns ridiculous protests, like the ones that called for police to be defunded.
—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
The energy of the collision spawns many new particles, including—sometimes—W bosons.
—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.
—
Jessa Crispin,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nadella sat for a conversation with the Forum’s interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, explaining that if AI growth spawns solely from investment, then that could be signs of a bubble.
—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
The rare night in Hollywood bringing together movie and TV stars often spawns some of the most intriguing celebrity interactions.
—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spawns
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Summerville creates chances mostly by cutting in on his preferred right foot, as shown on the dashboard, and is unafraid to pick out shots from congested central areas.
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To prevent the organs from being rejected by their new human hosts, Revivicor deactivated a gene that codes for the enzyme that creates the alpha-gal molecule.
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In May, authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda declared outbreaks after lab tests detected the spread of Bundibugyo virus, which causes a type of Ebola disease.
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
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For 2026, the V6 generates 536 hp (400 kW), and the electric motor adds another 469 hp (350 kW), but only when there’s charge in the battery, which isn’t for that much of an average lap.
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The violence of the motion generates prodigious amounts of topspin.
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Camp Meeker Cabin stands as a thoughtful retreat that brings mountain living back to its essentials.
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Air conditioning will be keeping millions of Americans safe and comfortable over the holiday weekend as a heat dome brings dangerous conditions to millions.
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Unlike his later work with Disclosure Day, this prompts a journey of discovery rather than one of fear.
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Two hundred and fifty years later, as artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law and prompts questions about the future of the profession, the nation's founding offers an unexpected answer.
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The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
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Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.
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