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verb

past tense of invest
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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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Recent Examples of invested
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But Detroit has invested significant draft capital in defensemen since Steve Yzerman took over as general manager, and many of those young players are now entering or nearing the NHL. Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 That would be a serious disappointment for a team that invested a lot in this season’s roster. Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 Worse, he's watched from the sidelines as the market has delivered substantial returns to his coworkers who stayed invested. David Thomas, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Stay invested, hopefully, in something resilient - the Trefis High Quality strategy has outperformed the S&P by a large margin, as seen in HQ performance metrics is useful. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Adobe has invested heavily in its Firefly generative AI platform which enables uers to create video and images that harnessing the power of AI. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 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 In 2024, just in Florida, the NIH invested $869 million, and the NSF invested nearly $263 million. Megan Barkdull, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025 Few airlines, however, have invested so heavily in a single destination property with such tenuous connections to their route network. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
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  • Nearly every team, including the Rangers, gifted Rosen a jersey signed by every player.
    Arthur Staple, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Queen spoke with the young students and gifted them a selection of books before posing for an official photo with school teachers and administrators.
    Alina Trabattoni, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • This move not only improved processing speeds substantially but also enabled seamless AI and analytics integration.
    Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That launch enabled Alanui to reach different clusters of customers, as the label’s target is currently aged 20 to over 60 years old.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • The grain of custom oak millwork is placed in contrasting directions on the kitchen cabinetry and the oversized panels cladding the breakfast nook wall around the custom sensuous banquette that is fabricated by Seventeen Second Design.
    Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
  • However, here, the 4,150-square-foot main residence and the complementary two-story lakeside cabana adhere to a relaxed, traditional New England style with grey shingles cladding the exteriors.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Ozzy’s father, Steve, was a great player at Boston College, inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2001 and a fourth-round pick playing five NFL seasons.
    Paul Dehner Jr., New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In 1978, Parton was named as the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year, and she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • In recent months, the Kennedy Center has been besieged by performance cancelations both voluntary and involuntary.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
  • At the start of the invasion, Russian troops besieged the city, forcing residents to endure harsh winter conditions without electricity or water under constant shelling from Russian artillery, missiles and drones.
    Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
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  • As men turned to practical, less frivolous garments, their shoe heels also remained sensible — though not for women, whose heel heights were imbued with complex social and political implications with every added or subtracted half-inch.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • As many transgender people know, even the most mundane objects — a necktie, a name badge, a dress — can be imbued with intense personal meaning.
    Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • Polsky previously endowed the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and sits on the university’s board.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Roughly the size of Western Europe, the war-riven country is endowed with vast mineral wealth, including the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and coltan – both critical to the production of electronics.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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  • When those decisions are made as a multi-disciplinary team and everyone’s involved and empowered, the player can’t help but feel supported.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The document doesn’t specify whether agents have been empowered to detain individuals based solely on these physical characteristics.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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