as in grew
to eventually have as a state or quality
many people became sick with the flu with the arrival of autumn the days become crisper and breezier
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Recent Examples of became
After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country's president in 2012.
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Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Officials said the three victims became trapped inside one of the motel rooms as the fire spread.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Weather became a way to distinguish Elle from those around her in Seattle.
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Angelina Mazza,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
In addition to fashion design, teaching became a passion of his.
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Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
After helping Boston win two World Series titles, Lester joined the Cubs and became a cornerstone of Chicago’s historic championship run in 2016.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Despite initially battling with burnout, and if the professional path was for her, Anderson became a four-time All-American in her five years with the program, while also competing in pro tournaments funded by FSU.
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Ava Dicecca,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Someone in the Mamdani administration should look at what happened in the 1970s and ’80s when the city became the largest landlord in the five boroughs.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country's president in 2012.
—
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Officials said the three victims became trapped inside one of the motel rooms as the fire spread.
—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Weather became a way to distinguish Elle from those around her in Seattle.
—
Angelina Mazza,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
In addition to fashion design, teaching became a passion of his.
—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
After helping Boston win two World Series titles, Lester joined the Cubs and became a cornerstone of Chicago’s historic championship run in 2016.
—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Despite initially battling with burnout, and if the professional path was for her, Anderson became a four-time All-American in her five years with the program, while also competing in pro tournaments funded by FSU.
—
Ava Dicecca,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Someone in the Mamdani administration should look at what happened in the 1970s and ’80s when the city became the largest landlord in the five boroughs.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for became
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Instead, her popularity grew steadily before exploding during her breakthrough run to the Miami Open semifinals as a wild card last spring.
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More than 120 campers and rafters were evacuated from a stretch of the Colorado River over the weekend of June 27 as one of more than a dozen large wildfires grew rapidly in the West.
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With a spacious 45-liter capacity and thoughtful details like hideaway shoulder straps, interior compression straps, and a dedicated laptop compartment, it's got all the bells and whistles and can still fit in the overhead.
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As the other person got closer, Blue allegedly reached for a firearm and began shooting at the person, who took cover behind the car that the family was sitting in.
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Hall went north alone again in the spring of 1776 as Georgia’s patriot government, which had removed the royal governor in January and taken control of the colony, debated the priorities the colony would pursue at the Congress.
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Senate Budget Committee Vice Chairman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, lamented how the budget process went.
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
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Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
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“Became.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/became. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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