1
as in hatch
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2
as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, with his brooding sensuality, Morrow brilliantly sends up the prototype of the Shelley heartthrob.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Instead, Richie Cunningham and his brood were introduced in an episode of the ABC anthology Love, American Style (1969-1974).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Chad was at first introduced as the dark and brooding boyfriend of Mia McCormick (Taylor Spreitler) and later revealed as the illegitimate child of mafioso Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo).
—EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, with his brooding sensuality, Morrow brilliantly sends up the prototype of the Shelley heartthrob.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
Unfortunately, human activity has exacerbated the resource scarcity that pushes storks into employing techniques like brood reduction.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Instead, Richie Cunningham and his brood were introduced in an episode of the ABC anthology Love, American Style (1969-1974).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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The juveniles gliding through the North Yuba today recently hatched from eggs that were deposited by scientists last fall.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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The eaglet hatched at 6:32 a.m. Feb. 25 in Duke Farms, a nature preserve in Hillsborough Township, the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey said in a Facebook post.—
Helena Wegner,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Svalbard polar bear mothers also stuck by their offspring for an average of 2.5 years.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Again, autobiography surfaces — Hackman, through his two marriages and three offspring, acquired and avidly refurbished an array of houses, notably in California’s Montecito and New Mexico’s Santa Fe.—
Fred Schruers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just like in Diablo, the name of the game here is clicking to move and attack swarms of enemies in dark isometric dungeons, throwing in some magical attacks with the number keys on your keyboard as needed.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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As the heat began to break on Main Street, swarms of exhausted families packed up their impulse purchases and their double-wide strollers and called it a day.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Hopefully Novocaine spawns a series, that'd be unbelievable.—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The murder spawned the retaliatory killing of a 26-year-old man by a rival gang, the Manhattan DA’s office said in October.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As the progeny of Ernie Isley — a key songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of The Isley Brothers, perhaps the most prolific soul group of all time — Alex Isley knows a thing or two about sensuality and intimacy.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the structures come across as the progeny of one architect’s ego, while the philosophy behind Brutalism remains unexplained.—
Michael Allen,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The tradition then made its way through the colonies, and around 1699, French Canadians arrived in what is now Mobile, Alabama, Garrison-Harrison said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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The spaceship is now a compound, the home of a new human colony, and Mickey is its first line of defense.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Thunder sit atop the Western Conference, 10.5 games clear of the second-place Los Angeles Lakers.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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By this point, Brody is sitting too; Chapman stands to take a picture of him and his parents on the couch across from Madison’s.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Conservation groups, small nonprofits, Native American tribes, and local governments were assigned federal money for a bevy of projects that included wildfire prevention and habitat restoration.—
Alex Hager,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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Miami played host to the red carpet event for Univision’s 2025 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards on Thursday, featuring a bevy of high-profile figures styling their best threads for the occasion.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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