kittened

verb

Definition of kittenednext
past tense of kitten
as in littered

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  1. generated
  2. fathered
  3. spawned
  4. reproduced
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  • Within its first week, Blake Brown had generated $16 million in media impact value, according to Launchmetrics.
    Jenny B. Fine, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Khan generated considerable resentment and pushback in the business community for taking an aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of generated
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  • An Indiana jury has found in favor of a woman who sued Netflix for revealing her identity in a 2022 documentary about a doctor who secretly fathered dozens of children through fraudulent fertility treatments.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
  • At least 94 children are believed to have been fathered by the doctor.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of fathered
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  • Because crypto profits are driven by generating hype and marketing, the technology has spawned a durable digital culture of people longing for community or chasing after the allure of 1,000x returns, as well as those who relish just how much crypto pisses off the right people.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The BlackStar Film Festival, which took place earlier this year, is a key moment for the community that has spawned since the festival’s debut in 2012.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of spawned
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  • For example, a recent United Nations study recently pointed to predictive policing as an example of how racial biases are reproduced through technology.
    Jay Ganglani, Fortune Asia, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The prints, stored at a San Francisco arthouse for some time, were reproduced from 1839 to 1843 from Bodmer's works during his journey with Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of reproduced
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