as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molded
And this party is going to be grand indeed, molded to Hedda’s particular taste as possible — less flowers, more champagne — and kitted out with a guest list that proves more bizarre as the night winds on.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Nix took some of the advice and then molded it into a schedule tailored to his liking.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Incorporate Activities That Build Team Cohesion First and foremost, team dynamics are most effectively stretched and molded through real-time activities.
—Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
There’s a framboise, a raspberry treat hand-dipped in white chocolate and filled with fresh raspberries and non-berry versions like a long pastry shaped like a vanilla bean pod, and a matcha variety molded into the shape of a Chinese dumpling.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s mission statement highlights how high school athletes should be molded into good citizens and have their educational experiences enhanced by playing sports.
—Jedediah Blanton, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025
The leather molded to the shape of my foot, somehow feeling both roomy and structured.
—Dan Michel, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Several of Grome's clients are professional musicians, who are fitted for sophisticated ear plugs or in-ear monitors molded to fit each person's ears and adjusted for their sound preferences.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Nix took some of the advice and then molded it into a schedule tailored to his liking.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Incorporate Activities That Build Team Cohesion First and foremost, team dynamics are most effectively stretched and molded through real-time activities.
—Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
There’s a framboise, a raspberry treat hand-dipped in white chocolate and filled with fresh raspberries and non-berry versions like a long pastry shaped like a vanilla bean pod, and a matcha variety molded into the shape of a Chinese dumpling.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s mission statement highlights how high school athletes should be molded into good citizens and have their educational experiences enhanced by playing sports.
—Jedediah Blanton, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025
The leather molded to the shape of my foot, somehow feeling both roomy and structured.
—Dan Michel, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Several of Grome's clients are professional musicians, who are fitted for sophisticated ear plugs or in-ear monitors molded to fit each person's ears and adjusted for their sound preferences.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molded
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Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The body had decomposed, but the uniform the person was wearing and other equipment was well-preserved, L’Adige reported.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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These plans disintegrated in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in the taking of 251 hostages.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Before flight 10, Starship's most recent demonstration came on May 27, when the spacecraft spun out of control roughly halfway through its flight and disintegrated in a fireball.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The wooden floor has rotted through, and only a few flimsy stairs remain attached to telephone poles, which once propped up the tower.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Our brains are irrevocably rotted.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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But Iran’s model decayed even in places where Israel and the United States had not attacked for some time.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Within the next 18 days, the new short July 25 90/115 strangle would be worth only 46 cents, also having decayed by more than 80% of the value when the trade was initiated, at which point a trader could have rolled the short strangle yet again.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Molded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molded. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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