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as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer
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as in bred
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife
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Recent Examples of sown
For over 35 years, the organization has dedicated much of its yearly calendar to growing the plants well ahead of the Christmas season, with seeds sown in summertime and then nurtured in 47 greenhouses until the last months of the year.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
On residential blocks, urban farmers have sown fields of greens into the tapestry of neighborhoods where rows of single-family homes have been demolished.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
Similar scenes unfolded across the country and contributed to doubt sown about the result.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
That’s when the seeds of Spoonful of Comfort were sown.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition to clarifying that New York’s ban applied to all non-cloth bags containing plastic, Judge Connolly also ordered the state to cover plaintiffs’ court costs on account of the confusion sowed by regulators’ incorrect instructions.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
These Hezbollah rockets drove over 60,000 Israelis from their homes in northern towns and villages and sowed the seeds for the current conflict in Lebanon and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah patron Iran, which threaten to overshadow the Israel-Hamas war itself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
On residential blocks, urban farmers have sown fields of greens into the tapestry of neighborhoods where rows of single-family homes have been demolished.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
Similar scenes unfolded across the country and contributed to doubt sown about the result.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
That’s when the seeds of Spoonful of Comfort were sown.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition to clarifying that New York’s ban applied to all non-cloth bags containing plastic, Judge Connolly also ordered the state to cover plaintiffs’ court costs on account of the confusion sowed by regulators’ incorrect instructions.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
These Hezbollah rockets drove over 60,000 Israelis from their homes in northern towns and villages and sowed the seeds for the current conflict in Lebanon and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah patron Iran, which threaten to overshadow the Israel-Hamas war itself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Sown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sown. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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