debuted

past tense of debut

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Recent Examples of debuted Swag debuted with 163,000 units on over 198 million streams for Bieber’s strongest streaming debut of his career. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • 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.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Georgia Department of Public Health was able to use state funds to maintain its AIDS Drug Assistance Program without disruption until federal funds arrived, a spokeswoman for the agency said.
    Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • In 1868, at the age of 29, John Muir arrived in San Francisco via steamship with definitive plans to wander and revel in the natural wonders of California—he’d heard of the Golden State’s geographic riches and wanted to see them for himself.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Despite the speculation, very few details have emerged, and almost no leaks have surfaced.
    Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Multiple network insiders said Tuesday afternoon that no clear front-runner has emerged for James, but that money will not drive the decision.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In March, Ford issued a recall for F-150 trucks, as well as the Maverick, Ranger, and more, due to a trailer module software issue that could stop trailer turn signal indicators, brake lamps, and even brakes from functioning properly.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The judge also issued Paul custody of Ever on the same midweek day each week without overnights as well as alternating weekends.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The Crips and Bloods reached the apex of their Stockton influence in the 1980s and 1990s, Washington recalled, as the concept of fast money dawned along with the crack cocaine epidemic.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • Once airborne, though, a sense of infinity dawned out the cockpit windows, and of sheer mass behind the pilots.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The prosecution said the collusion was not a standalone incident but a long-standing, systemic practice that surfaced during a time of global crisis.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The step comes months after her country star ex, Jelly Roll, filed for divorce, which TMZ surfaced a month later on June 15.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • What started out as a friendship eventually blossomed into romance after bonding over food.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • The actress and singer met Skrip by chance while the two were vacationing in Egypt, with Williams later recalling that their unexpected encounter blossomed into a lasting romance.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Nine months after the revolution, the war between Iran and Iraq erupted in September 1980, lasting eight years and costing more than a million lives.
    Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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“Debuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debuted. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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