calved

past tense of calve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calved
Verb
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Anhedönia’s earliest exposure to contemporary culture came in the form of the true-crime serials her grandmother loved, which kindled her own interest in the macabre.
    Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gino the gorilla, a 27-year resident of the of the Florida theme park, was an opening-day animal and fathered 14 baby gorillas throughout his life.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists have previously been able to culture primordial germ cells, or PGCs, of chickens and geese, a technique that has been used to create a chicken fathered by a duck.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The report by the Deportation Data Project was generated using ICE documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Labradors are often more energetic and bred for hunting, retrieving, and service work, whereas goldens are prized for their patience, friendliness, and trainability.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That is to say, more chickens are bred and butchered each year than there are alive at this very moment in time.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Calved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calved. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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