as in survived
to come safely through
we've weathered worse crises, and so we'll survive this one
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Recent Examples of weathered
Kiss weathered cynicism and disinterest from the snobby New York music scene in their early months — Frehley worked as a taxi driver to pay the bills — but, crucially, united with manager Bill Aucoin in September 1973, who began plotting the band’s path to stardom with the bandmembers.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Dramatically perched on a cliffside, this gravity-defying marvel has weathered the rise and fall of empires.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Only three years have passed since then, but at 41, with the Chanel diadem upon him, Blazy carries a more assured and weathered air.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Whiskey Sisters Supply has weathered the same COVID-boom and post-pandemic bust cycles as the spirits industry on the whole and began courting new sources of revenue to sustain its operations.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Dramatically perched on a cliffside, this gravity-defying marvel has weathered the rise and fall of empires.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Only three years have passed since then, but at 41, with the Chanel diadem upon him, Blazy carries a more assured and weathered air.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Whiskey Sisters Supply has weathered the same COVID-boom and post-pandemic bust cycles as the spirits industry on the whole and began courting new sources of revenue to sustain its operations.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathered
survived
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The child survived the attack and was brought to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries, according to the ODFW.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Harley was wounded twice but survived the war dying in Adelaide in 1934 of a cancer his family say was caused by him being gassed by the Germans in the trenches.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Weathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weathered. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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