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as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight
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as in gifted
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place
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as in enabled
to give official or legal power to
invested him with power of attorney
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as in clad
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award
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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen
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as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell
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as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely
nightfall invested the land
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as in suited
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Recent Examples of invested
Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
What’s more, the money invested on a regular basis by a 401(k) participant might not be put to work until the fund manager finds the next deal to invest in.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Over time, CalKIDS Scholarship Account funds may earn extra money because they are set aside and invested until the student is ready for college or career training.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Take a global bank that invested millions in an AI model to catch insider trading.
—Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And staffers at other tech companies, including Nvidia, Canva, and Palantir, who invested early have also made it into the exclusive wealth club.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In Bangladesh, for instance, USAID has invested over $100 million in the country's TB program over the past decade.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Mark Zuckerberg has invested large sums of money into Meta.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
Tapestry invested heavily in AI, both to simplify search terms with natural chat, as well as to create digital twins of product to streamline digital product creation and also cut back on production waste.
—Lauren Parker, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
This week, the Panthers play an Arizona Cardinals team that has invested heavily in its defense, and that doesn’t necessarily bode well for Young, although his matchup with Arizona did represent one of the bright spots of his 2024 campaign.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
What’s more, the money invested on a regular basis by a 401(k) participant might not be put to work until the fund manager finds the next deal to invest in.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Over time, CalKIDS Scholarship Account funds may earn extra money because they are set aside and invested until the student is ready for college or career training.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Take a global bank that invested millions in an AI model to catch insider trading.
—Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And staffers at other tech companies, including Nvidia, Canva, and Palantir, who invested early have also made it into the exclusive wealth club.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In Bangladesh, for instance, USAID has invested over $100 million in the country's TB program over the past decade.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Mark Zuckerberg has invested large sums of money into Meta.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
Tapestry invested heavily in AI, both to simplify search terms with natural chat, as well as to create digital twins of product to streamline digital product creation and also cut back on production waste.
—Lauren Parker, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
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But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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His narration is a constant pleasure — mournful, wry, and suffused with a world-weary poetry.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Penalties on penalties on penalties, gracious hosts, UCLA’s 13 flags Friday gifted the Lobos 116 yards – running the season’s tally to 30 penalties for 275 yards.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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After college, her grandmother gifted her and her siblings some money, and Walters embarked on a major backpacking trip through Europe with friends while her MS symptoms were still nascent and not impacting her mobility yet.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Beyond its nuclear-deterrence mission, the B-2’s long range and payload capacity have enabled it to deliver large munitions at a distance.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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These approvals would enable architects and developers to use SUPERWOOD as cladding on taller buildings.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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That’s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d’etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The chat opened with Ronson taking a victory lap for helping Foreigner — co-founded by his stepdad, guitarist Mick Jones — get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lawler has been inducted in countless wrestling halls of fame, including the WWE Hall of Fame (2007), Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (2017), and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (2011).—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Landslide in western Sudan kills at least 1,000 A landslide in western Sudan killed at least 1,000 people, intensifying hardship in a country besieged by years of civil war.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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After Downton wrapped in 2015, Dockery starred as a con artist recently out of prison in the drama series Good Behavior, and in Netflix’s western miniseries Godless in 2019.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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But Rinzel seems uniquely well-suited to handling it.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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James Gunn is much better-suited to this kind of story than Superman and so far it’s been a wild ride.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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