as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
sometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself
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as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting
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Recent Examples of spawn
Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Unlike the strongest tornadoes, which spawn within supercell thunderstorms, landspout tornadoes are not a result of supercells and are typically quicker to form and dissipate more quickly.
—Christina Avery, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Meet the Parents earned $330 million worldwide, spawning a sequel four years later in Meet the Fockers (2004).
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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How hurricane season spawns 'climate refugees' Images from Florida, battered by two once-in-a-generation storms in a matter of weeks, are prompting a reckoning by Americans across the country.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Unlike the strongest tornadoes, which spawn within supercell thunderstorms, landspout tornadoes are not a result of supercells and are typically quicker to form and dissipate more quickly.
—Christina Avery, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Verb
Such high housing costs spawn other socioeconomic issues, the researchers continued, to wit:
• California has the nation’s second lowest rate of home ownership, behind New York, and home ownership is particularly scant among young adults, and Blacks and Latinos of any age.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Meet the Parents earned $330 million worldwide, spawning a sequel four years later in Meet the Fockers (2004).
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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In this study, a team used machine-learning methods to analyze recordings of 469 calls or ‘rumbles’ made by wild African elephant female–offspring groups in the Amboseli National Park and Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in Kenya.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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Another was revealing the math that would show nature’s multiple fundamental forces to be just different offspring of one unified force.Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
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Credited with creating meaningful conversations around wealth and happiness, the self-aware comedy from Dharmatic Entertainment had been watched in 85% of India’s pin codes less than two weeks after its debut.Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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At least one of these strikes will drag on for weeks, causing meaningful disruption.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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As investigators continue to determine the motives and mindset that allegedly prompted Luigi Mangione to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York nearly three weeks ago, there is concern among some criminologists about the long-term impacts that public assassination could cause.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Near the halfway mark, the crackling sounds Bachman generated from his smoke photographs begin to arrive in layers, creating subtle rhythms under his guitar.Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Knicks have also generated more turnovers lately.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Kahne brings a wealth of experience and success to the forthcoming season.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Change always brings critics but also provides opportunity.Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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In 2016, when the expense of making the show proved more than PBS could still afford, HBO stepped in to begin producing new episodes, which would debut on the cable giant (and later on what was called HBO Max, and finally just on Max), and then months after would turn up on public television.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
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This time Riot gave employees two years instead of just a few months to produce digital goods players could spend on.Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tesla’s stock has surged since CEO Elon Musk helped bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, but its auto business has been sluggish, prompting the company to offer discounts in the hopes of juicing sales.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The original wedding site was quite a ways outside Vancouver, where the show is primarily filmed, but concerns about the limited options for pivoting in case the unpredictable June weather interfered prompted them to move the location three or four days before filming took place.Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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From its deployment of renewable energy infrastructure to the planting of some 600 million trees, doing and being seen to be doing green things is intended to put Kyiv on the same environmental page as Brussels.David Vetter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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In a version of the show made for teens or adults, perhaps the coach would be presented as doing this on purpose — or, at least, shrugging the mistake off as no big deal when it’s pointed out.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Spawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spawn. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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