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
This right whale species has weathered rough seas.
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Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The Stockyards meat industry weathered the Depression better than others.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for weathered
Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The Stockyards meat industry weathered the Depression better than others.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for weathered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathered
survived
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Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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He is survived by two other children and his wife.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Weathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weathered. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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