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beget

verb

bi-ˈget

Definition of beget

as in to create

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) one change in the natural environment will beget others

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as in to produce

to become the father of the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

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Recent Examples of beget If interest begets debt, and debt begets interest, eventually debt will spin out of control. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Nelson took 12 years to get the project made, and that labor-of-love aspect shows in the soulfulness and meticulous care the writer-director brings to this unsettling story of violence begetting violence, based on actual events. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Constant vigilance against the presence of AI inevitably begets cynicism and threatens to corrode the teacher-student relationship that is at the heart of education. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 That’s because success begets imitators eager to compete away profits. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beget

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Verb

The deep soaking tub and clear shower stall are set pieces in the room, creating a real open and airy feel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Knight may have been thinking about the film for 16 years, but creating the version that is coming out in 2026 wouldn’t have been possible without all of the learnings spread across films like ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of create

Verb

Co-produced by John Congleton, the record swaps synth-pop for gutter-punk, with distorted guitars and clattering surf riffs as its weapons of choice.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
However, this movie carries a hefty $100 million price tag (stop-motion animation is labor-intensive and takes years to produce) and likely won’t turn a theatrical profit.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of produce

Verb

North of the center near Kakinada, the storm could cause about 3 to 5 feet of storm surge, where onshore winds pile water against the coast.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Although officials have not released details about the cause of death, scientists agree that if it was caused by ordinary plague, the wider world has little to worry about.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of cause

Verb

Breeders could now use genetically valuable Holstein bulls more widely, and through artificial insemination, a single bull could sire more than 50,000 daughters.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Nobody complained when Pitt received the part of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a wealthy plantation owner in the late 18th century whom Lestat would eventually sire after Louis is consumed by grief over the death of his wife and child.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of sire

Verb

The cyclists cross the state, generating an economic impact estimated at $25 million.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
In tests by cybersecurity firm McAfee, a three-second clip was enough to generate a clone with an 85% match to the original speaker.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of generate

Verb

Tariffs cannot build a better car The problem is, protection alone cannot make an American factory more productive, lower the cost of a battery, or bring a better vehicle to market.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
As the first Laika movie explicitly set in Portland, the studio looked for inspiration in their own backyards for how to bring the universe of Colin Meloy's titular novel to life.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bring

Verb

That leaves open the distinction between recreating the behavior of an Atari 800XL through modern software and reproducing the original hardware more directly.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Beginning in the 1990s, researchers tested whether adding iron to seawater could reproduce some of that effect.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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